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Meanings of hidebound in inglés

Having restricted or rigid views, and being unreceptive to new ideas.

Stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded.

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Usage of hidebound in inglés
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We have seen teachers, doctors and academics hidebound in a managerial economy.
The Guardian
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It is the straight and narrow path followed by conventional, hidebound particles.
Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
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But a hidebound and peripheral court was an anti-climax after cosmopolitan Rome.
The Guardian
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You'll have to explain matters to the Admiralty, and they're dreadfully hidebound.
The Chronicles of Clovis
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It's a place where the clichés of hidebound British conservatism suddenly ring true.
The Guardian
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Some day I'll be ready to jolt you hidebound biologists into your senses.
Gladiator
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Featheries from Allan's kitchen were displayed as curiosities, hidebound relics of another age.
Tommy's honor: the story of old tom morris and young tom morris,...
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You are an Englishman, and so hidebound with prejudices and conventions.
The Secret City
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Un Certain Regard is saucier and less hidebound than ever.
The Irish Times
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It means using rational thinking, as opposed to being hidebound by tradition or dogma.
The new yorker
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The West was almost ready to revolt against the hidebound policy of the Administrations.
The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
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Fifty per cent of the profit is mine by hidebound contract with the Foundation.
Foundation
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But I should be sorry for you to think me hidebound in my prejudices.
The Yellow Crayon
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Now this young zealot was a man of imagination, hidebound only in his traditions.
The Quickening
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Tackling a hidebound corporate culture had become Ghosn's forte.
Reuters
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As even revolutionaries age, they become territorial and hidebound.
The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism
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