hardliner

Noun

Meaning

a conservative who is uncompromising

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Governor Romney is a real hardliner on illegal immigration. Mario Diaz-Balart

After weeks of occupying the Square, the students were tired, and internal rifts opened between moderate and hardliner student groups. Source: Internet

However, the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany forced Moscow to turn to a hardliner, and his reputation as an archetypal Stalinist helped Ulbricht. Source: Internet

Long before those talks, Ri had already harnessed a reputation as a hardliner, as well as a “right-hand man” to top official Kim Yong Chol, a fellow tough negotiator and ruthless military man. Source: Internet

Neither have links to Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong and both have a track record of tackling troublesome provinces — Luo as a corruption buster, Xia as a hardliner who suppressed unsanctioned churches in Zhejiang. Source: Internet

Lin delivered the keynote address at the Congress: a document drafted by hardliner leftists Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao under Mao's guidance. Source: Internet

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