hardliner
Strict policy advocate
A hardliner is someone who takes an uncompromising position, especially in politics.
Hardliners resist negotiation or moderation, holding firm to ideology or principle regardless of opposition: Hardliners in the party blocked the compromise.
The term often implies inflexibility that others find unreasonable, though hardliners themselves see it as principled consistency.
Asserting opinions as facts
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
- ideologueDogmatic political advocate
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
extremist · partisan · purist · absolutist · orthodox · reactionary · ultraconservative · diehard
Refusing to yield ground
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- rigidUnable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
adamant · obstinate · immovable · unbending · steadfast · stubborn · resolute · iron-willed
Rigorous, without flexibility
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- disciplinarianStrict enforcer of rules
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
- severeExtremely harsh or strict
harsh · demanding · tough · firm · iron-fisted · autocratic · strongman · heavy-handed
dogmatic
Asserting opinions as facts
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
- ideologueDogmatic political advocate
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
zealot · extremist · partisan · purist · absolutist · orthodox · reactionary · ultraconservative · diehard · fanatic
uncompromising
Refusing to yield ground
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- rigidUnable to bend
inflexible · adamant · obstinate · immovable · unbending · steadfast · stubborn · resolute · iron-willed · implacable
strict
Rigorous, without flexibility
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- disciplinarianStrict enforcer of rules
- austereSeverely simple and unadorned
severe · harsh · demanding · tough · firm · iron-fisted · autocratic · strongman · heavy-handed · draconian
- oppressivestifling, suffocating, smothering, crushing, repressive
- fanaticismfanaticism, zealotry, zealot, fanatic, extremism
- Partisansloyalist, stalwart, adherent, supporter, true believer
- political typesconservative, liberal, moderate, leftist, rightist
- dominatorsdictator, tyrant, despot, autocrat, overlord
- hardheadshardhead, mule, bullhead, donkey, diehard
hardlinermoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
compromiser · conciliator · pragmatist · conciliatory · compromising
hardlinermoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
centrist · middle-of-the-roader · soft-liner · reformist · gradualist