hard-liner

hard-liner

See also: hardliner

English

Alternative forms

• hardliner

Etymology

From hard + liner.

Noun

hard-liner (plural hard-liners)

1. A person who takes a firm, uncompromising position on some policy.
   • 2019, Oliver Norgrove, Hypnotised by cake and unicorns, the Brexit perfectionists have blown it in the Guardian

     The hardliners, persistent in their belief that the UK would in the end be afforded special treatment by the EU, have served only to undermine the very mandate they seek to protect.

Translations

A person who takes a firm position on some policy

Georgian: ჰარდლაინერი (hardlaineri) (colloquial), უკომპრომისო (uḳomṗromiso), ხისტი პოლიტიკის მომხრე (xisṭi ṗoliṭiḳis momxre), მკაცრი ზომების გატარების მხარდამჭერი (mḳacri zomebis gaṭarebis mxardamč̣eri) German: Hardliner (de) m, Hardlinerin (de) f

Italian: integralista (it), estremista (it), radicale (it) Portuguese: linha-dura m or f