Hardline

For other uses, see Hardline (disambiguation).

In politics, hardline or hard-line is an adjective describing a stance on an issue that is inflexible and not subject to compromise. A hardliner is a person holding such views.[1][2][3] The stance is usually far from the centrist view.[4] People, policies, and laws can be considered hardline.[5][6][7] A hardliner may be either a reactionary or a revolutionary. Synonyms for hardliner include diehard, hawk, extremist, radical, fanatic, or zealot. The term is almost always relative to the Overton window of a given time and place.

  1. ^ "Definition of HARD-LINE". 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Hard line, n. (And int.) and adj".
  3. ^ "the definition of hard-liner". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  4. ^ "HARD LINE | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary".
  5. ^ Kaplan, Thomas; Fandos, Nicholas (21 June 2018). "House Rejects Hard-Line Immigration Bill and Delays Vote on Compromise". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  6. ^ "President Trump nominates hard-line conservative Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court". New York Daily News. 9 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Iran's hard-line former president has reemerged on Twitter, and he's tweeting about Serena and LeBron". The Washington Post.