party liner
- noun
- /ˈpɑrti ˈlaɪnər/
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partidario
- In the Cold War atmosphere of 1986, journalistic reports tended to take either the pro-market or "party-liner" perspective.
Examples
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No doubt many Americans, especially party liners, wish that Hal Phillip Walker would go away.
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The "party-liner" view, advocated by Party officials during the socialist era, viewed environmental problems as a problem of private greed and short-sightedness to be corrected by state ownership and central planning.
Academic text (2001) -
As a devoted party liner, she never questioned the party's decisions, regardless of the situation.
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At the meeting, a few party liners argued vehemently for strict adherence to the party's platform.
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He was known as a party liner because he consistently followed every directive from the party leadership.
Synonyms
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7.5
A person who refuses to change their beliefs, especially in politics
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6.1
A man who belongs to a political group and always supports its leaders and policies
A woman who always supports her political party and its leaders
Antonyms
How Loyal
Surface Forms
Morphology
party + liner
The phrase can be partly parsed as 'party' + agentive '-liner' meaning a person related to the party, so a learner who also knows the idiom 'party line' could infer 'someone who sticks to the party's official positions'. However, 'liner' alone is ambiguous (e.g., ocean liner) and the crucial notion 'party line' is itself idiomatic, so the meaning is not fully predictable from the surface constituents for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Party liner comes from the image of a party line — a clear, official position set by a political group — and a liner is someone who stands on that line and will not step off. So a party liner means a person who always follows the party's official views, 'not questioning' them.