as in traditional
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions
the hidebound innkeeper refused to see the need for a Web site, insisting that the inn had done without one for over 150 years
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Recent Examples of hidebound
Trump is confident that his nominee to become Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, can unleash an even greater economic bonanza by jettisoning what the president sees as the central bank’s hidebound reluctance to slash interest rates.
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ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
The nation’s scientific institutions have become hidebound.
—David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
And while challenges persist, there are already signs that hidebound profligacy is being replaced by newfound autarky.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
For a country that had endured two and a half centuries of often absolutist rule by a hidebound monarchy, this was not a trivial achievement.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
The nation’s scientific institutions have become hidebound.
—David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
And while challenges persist, there are already signs that hidebound profligacy is being replaced by newfound autarky.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
For a country that had endured two and a half centuries of often absolutist rule by a hidebound monarchy, this was not a trivial achievement.
—Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hidebound
Adjective
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In addition to traditional treatments, there are holistic therapies like sound healing, Reiki, and shirodhara, an ancient Ayurvedic remedy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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Set along the Ashley River, guests learn traditional crabbing techniques while gaining insight into the Gullah Geechee heritage, local ecosystem, and history of the Lowcountry.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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The Religion News Service reports the speakers are almost entirely conservative Christians, a key part of the president’s political base.—
Joseph Bonasia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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The two Republicans, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and conservative commentator Steve Hilton, spoke of a halcyon California destroyed by feckless Democrats and vowed a return to those days.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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The documentary traces Hier’s path from an orthodox Jewish enclave to international prominence as the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2026
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In the nineteen-seventies, Franciscan University, a small school on a hill above the downtown, became a center for charismatic Catholicism, an expressive, theologically orthodox movement that paralleled the development of the evangelical Jesus People and secular hippie culture.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Hidebound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidebound. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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