hardlinerhard‧lin‧er /ˌhɑːdˈlaɪnə◂,ˈhɑːdlaɪnə $ ˌhɑːrdˈlaɪnər◂/ noun [countable] 
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Thesaurus- Cuban-American hardliners continue to reject any dealings with Castro.
- The Prime Minister has been criticized by hardliners in his party for giving away too much in the treaty.
- Indeed, it was not at all clear that Eisenhower and Khrushchev could control the hardliners in their own countries.
- Reformists, closet-reformists and non-party intellectuals gathered in his home, feeding him their ideas and plotting against hardliners.
- Since then, factions of moderates and hardliners have battled within the movement.
- The significance of equality of sexes was merely advocated by ideological hardliners.
- The two December marches by right-wing women were important public relations exercises in support of hardliners in the government.
- This trend of senior hardliners revising their position following Deng's re-endorsement of reformism continued during July.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who has extreme opinions► extremist
a politician who wants political problems to be dealt with in a strong and extreme way someone who has extreme opinions, especially about politics or religion: · The government condemns anyone who disagrees with it as extremists.· The regime has been accused of supporting extremists in other countries in the region.· Left-wing extremists have threatened to disrupt the political convention.
► fanatic someone who agrees with and supports very extreme religious or political aims, is completely certain that their opinions are right, and who is thought to be dangerous: · His parents were religious fanatics who didn't allow him to play with other children.· Pro-Fascist fanatics have continued their attacks on foreigners.
► hardliner someone who believes very deeply in a set of political aims and ideas, and will not accept or support any changes to them, even if this is unreasonable or unhelpful: · Cuban-American hardliners continue to reject any dealings with Castro.· The Prime Minister has been criticized by hardliners in his party for giving away too much in the treaty.
► militant someone who is willing to work outside usual political structures, and use illegal or violent methods if necessary, in order to achieve political change: · He is one of the militants convicted of the World Trade Center bombing.· A crowd of militants took to the streets to protest the government's policies.
► fundamentalist someone who follows the rules of their religion very strictly, in a way that seems very unusual to people who do not believe in the same way: Christian/Muslim/Jewish/Hindu etc fundamentalist: · an organized Christian fundamentalist movementfundamentalist group/leader/party/church etc: · They belong to a fundamentalist church.
► hardcore/hard-core the hardcore members of a political organization are the small group of people who have the strongest beliefs and who do the most work: · The organization has only about 30 hardcore supporters.· Dole at least had the support of loyal hard-core Republicans.
► zealot someone who has very extreme beliefs about something, especially about religion, and who thinks that everyone else should live their lives according to religious rules and beliefs: · A few zealots strongly objected to the proposed sale of alcohol at the local store.· Anti-abortion zealots are responsible for the bombing of the clinic.
► diehard someone who completely refuses to accept new ideas, especially political ideas, even after most other people have accepted them: · Salisbury, Walton, and a few other diehards still refused to join the coalition.· Taylor is one of the diehards willing to push the development program at any price.
► lunatic fringe a small number of people within a larger organization or movement, whose ideas are so extreme or unusual that most people think they are stupid or a little crazy: · Many think the lunatic fringe has really harmed the public image of gays among the middle class.· Animal rights campaigners blame the latest set of bomb attacks on the lunatic fringe within the movement.