hidebound view
- noun
- Formal
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opinión rígida
- His hidebound view on education reform limits progress.
Examples
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It's difficult to innovate in an environment where hidebound views dominate discussions.
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Many critics accused the committee of taking a hidebound view on reform proposals.
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His hidebound view prevented the team from adopting new technology.
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Many people still hold a hidebound view of traditional roles.
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His hidebound view prevented the team from adopting new technology.
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Many critics accused the committee of taking a hidebound view on reform proposals.
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It's difficult to innovate in an environment where hidebound views dominate discussions.
Synonyms
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4.9
A belief in keeping traditional values and avoiding quick change
A way of doing things that refuses change and new ideas
A careful way of acting that prefers safe, low-risk choices
Antonyms
How Inflexible
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a conservative or rigidly inflexible opinion' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'hidebound' (resistant to change) modifying 'view' (opinion). This is a straightforward adjective+noun combination with no idiomatic shift, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
Hidebound view comes from an old image: hidebound once described a person or animal whose skin or 'hide' was pulled tight and stuck, so they were stiff and could not move. That's why a hidebound view means 'a very rigid opinion that resists change'.