hard-liner

See also: hardliner

English

Alternative forms

• hardliner

Etymology

From hard line +‎ -er.

Noun

hard-liner (plural hard-liners)

1. A person who takes a firm and uncompromising position on some policy.
   • 1980 February 9, Mitzel, “Man Sentenced to Total Of 39 Years on Charges of Child Pornography, Rape”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 28, page 3:

     Because of what was perceived as his sensitive and fair handling of the "Revere Cases," Butters became the subject of much criticism from hard-liners in law enforcement.

   • 2019 March 13, Oliver Norgrove, “Hypnotised by cake and unicorns, the Brexit perfectionists have blown it”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The hardliners, persistent in their belief that the UK would in the end be afforded special treatment by the EU, have served only to undermine the very mandate they seek to protect.

   • 2021 January 29, Paul Krugman, “The G.O.P. Is in a Doom Loop of Bizarro”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     As hard-liners gain power within a group, they drive out moderates; what remains of the group is even more extreme, which drives out even more moderates; and so on.

Derived terms

• soft-liner

Descendants

• → German: Hardliner

Translations

A person who takes a firm position on some policy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強硬派 / 强硬派 (zh) (qiángyìngpài), 硬派 (zh) (yìngpài)

• Finnish: kovan linjan kannattaja, radikaali (fi)
• Georgian: ჰარდლაინერი (hardlaineri) (colloquial), უკომპრომისო (uḳomṗromiso), ხისტი პოლიტიკის მომხრე (xisṭi ṗoliṭiḳis momxre), მკაცრი ზომების გატარების მხარდამჭერი (mḳacri zomebis gaṭarebis mxardamč̣eri)
• German: Hardliner (de) m, Hardlinerin (de) f
• Indonesian: si garis keras
• Italian: integralista (it), estremista (it), radicale (it)
• Japanese: 硬派 (ja) (こうは, kōha)
• Polish: twardogłowy m
• Portuguese: linha-dura m or f
• Spanish: acérrimo (es) m, intransigente (es) m or f