hidebound
Resistant to change
Hidebound describes rigid adherence to old ways of thinking, resistant to new ideas or change: a hidebound bureaucracy, hidebound traditionalists.
The word comes from a condition in cattle where the skin clings tightly to the body, suggesting no room for growth or flexibility.
Someone hidebound by convention cannot adapt to changing circumstances.
Anti-progress political stance
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
antiquated · retrograde · fuddy-duddy · stick-in-the-mud · stodgy · conformist · conventional · staunch
Asserting opinions as facts
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
uncompromising · inflexible · rigid · stiff · adamant · obdurate · immovable · diehard
Intolerant of differing views
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- insularNarrow in outlook
- small-mindedLacking breadth of thought
- blinkeredHaving restricted outlook
myopic · shortsighted · petty · sectarian · bigoted · prejudiced · intolerant · xenophobic
Excessively proper and strict
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- repressiveTending to suppress
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
authoritarian · rigid · constrained · inhibited · suffocating · draconian · censorious · prohibitive
reactionary
Anti-progress political stance
- traditionalistAdherent to established customs
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- fundamentalistStrict original-doctrine adherent
old-fashioned · antiquated · retrograde · fuddy-duddy · stick-in-the-mud · stodgy · conformist · conventional · staunch · steadfast
dogmatic
Asserting opinions as facts
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
unbending · uncompromising · inflexible · rigid · stiff · adamant · obdurate · immovable · diehard · entrenched
narrow-minded
Intolerant of differing views
- provincialRegional or narrow-minded
- insularNarrow in outlook
- small-mindedLacking breadth of thought
blinkered · myopic · shortsighted · petty · sectarian · bigoted · prejudiced · intolerant · xenophobic · clannish
strait-laced
Excessively proper and strict
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
- repressiveTending to suppress
oppressive · authoritarian · rigid · constrained · inhibited · suffocating · draconian · censorious · prohibitive · moralistic
- boundbound, tied, restrained, confined, restricted
- closed-mindednessclosed-mindedness, close-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, inflexibility, rigidity
- intolerantbigoted, biased, prejudiced, discriminatory, intolerant
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
hideboundopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
flexible · broad-minded · large-minded · receptive · adaptable
hideboundunconventional
Departing from standard practice
unorthodox · nonconformist · progressive · radical · nontraditional
hide, hidden, hiding, hides, hider, unhidden, hiders, unhide, unhiding