old guard

Noun

Meaning

a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

orthodox tory right traditional conservative establishment moderate predecessor aristocracy veteran reactionary traditionalist vet preserver old-timer
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Antonyms

left liberal lefty arrival amateur progressive
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Hypernyms

faction sect

Examples

I'm lucky that SFWA has such a short memory. I was always the Young Turk, the gadfly. Part of the New Wave, although I didn't fit in there either! I spent years, and two histories, putting the so-called Old Guard in their place, and now I'm one of them! Brian Aldiss

What creates freedom? A revolution in the streets? Mass protest? Civil war? A change of government? The ousting of the old guard and its replacement by the new? History, more often than not, shows that hopes raised by such events are often dashed, sooner rather than later. Jonathan Sacks

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people. Shimon Peres

Perhaps the biggest problem before Indian Corporates is that of the concept of ‘corporate throne'. If the company is not doing well, the old guard must make way for new. N. R. Narayana Murthy

Well, for me, my favourite 'Indiana Jones' is 'The Last Crusade,' because you get tears in your eyes when you see the old guard standing at the end, so that's my favourite one. Ray Winstone

At each advancing step on my route forward/back was ripped by the desperate flapping wings of the old guard. Julia de Burgos

Close letter words and terms

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