dinosaurian
- adjective
- /ˌdaɪnəˈsɔriən/
- Offensive
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retrógrado
- The committee's dinosaurian approach prevented any real progress on the project.
Examples
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Many young employees found the company's dinosaurian rules frustrating and unnecessary.
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His dinosaurian views on technology made it hard for him to adapt to new ways of working.
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His dinosaurian views on technology are out of touch with modern society.
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The dinosaurian structure of the organization makes it difficult to implement changes.
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The committee's dinosaurian approach prevented any real progress on the project.
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Many young employees found the company's dinosaurian rules frustrating and unnecessary.
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The dinosaurian policies of the management hindered any attempts at innovative change.
Synonyms
22
7.9
Very unwilling to accept change or new ideas
8
5.8
Very old-fashioned and not modern
6
6.5
Holding strongly to old customs and resisting change
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7.0
Fixed in an old way and unable to change, especially beliefs or systems
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7.2
Beliefs and ways that people in a family or group keep for a long time
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9.8
A person with very firm political beliefs who does not change
1
9.9
Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong
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8.4
Very traditional in politics and strongly against change
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8.4
Very old and not modern
Opposed to social or political change and wanting to return to older ways
Opposing slow change in society and its rules
A political movement that wants older social and government rules instead of modern liberal ideas
Not willing to accept new ideas and slow to change
Antonyms
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dinosaurian comes from the idea of dinosaurs as very old creatures, so when we call a person, rule, or view 'dinosaurian' we mean it is very old-fashioned or stuck in old ways.