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hard-line Definition

☆ hard·-line (härd′līn′)

adjective

characterized by an aggressive, unyielding position in politics, foreign policy, etc.

hard-line Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: One is the increasingly hard-line approach taken by the European Union.
  • very: And please do not be offended by the very hard-line approach that I take toward the religious institutions.
  • rather: Surely you mean that's your ( rather hard-line ) interpretation of the documents?
  • particularly: It has also had to contend with a particularly hard-line Pope.
  • even: For the first time ever, even hard-line Pinochet supporters had to recognize they did indeed take place.

Modifies a noun

  • stance: Chris covered the vehicle with banners denouncing Tony Blair's hard-line stance on war with Iraq.
  • nationalist: One hard-line Serb nationalist has given herself up for trial to the International Court of Justice.
  • attitude: Charlie's new hard-line attitude must cut him up.
  • approach: The hard-line approach is, however, less convincing in the second case.
  • leader: SFOR had lost the initiative to the hard-line Bosnian Serb faction leaders who orchestrated the demonstrators and who controlled the situation.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: During the latter half of 1993, Russian foreign policy became more hard-line.