Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs.
hardline
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hardline.
Editorial note
It's a very hardline attitude but more importantly one that treats every other view as entirely wrong and disdainful.
Quick take
Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of hardline gathered in one view.
(telephony) A physical wire or cable connection; landline.
(business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for hardline.
adjective
Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs.
noun
(telephony) A physical wire or cable connection; landline.
noun
(business) A retail product collection consisting primarily of hardware targeting the do-it-yourself customer.
adjective
(business) Belonging to a hardline.
Example sentences
It's a very hardline attitude but more importantly one that treats every other view as entirely wrong and disdainful.
If Iceweasel is not hardline about freedom and privacy, what does it offer compared to vanilla Firefox?
Taking a hardline position on this is admitting that you are irrational and can be convinced to do things you shouldn't.
Firefox is in the middle of plummeting, they caved-in social networks mobs and pretty much showed that hardline political correctness trumps your own spiritual foundations.
I'm not sure how a hardline leading directly to you is more secure than wireless.
Another group will think you're a hardline SJW weirdo.
I know more than one hardline pro-EU people here in the UK that have softened their EU support substantially after seeing the treatment Greece has gotten.
This is kind of what happened to OpenBSD, which started as a pretty hardline thing but is now one of the best PC laptop operating systems out of the box.
The fact that anyone, even someone no longer in the loop at least acknowledge that the leaks might have had a positive effect is a concession from the hardline conservative, Snowden-was-wrong side, if anything.
It does take a much more hardline stance with respect to payment of taxes and reduction of the size of the state apparatus, what Greece has done is in many ways a simple strategy of postponement of action until the consequences were extremely bad for all of Greece, in particular the weaker parties.
There is a far more serious issue at stake: The threat by the hardline creditors, most importantly Germany, as well as by 'euro-skeptics' in the UK and elsewhere, that European integration and union are not goals and ideals, but transactional economic arrangements that are good only for the money.
Quote examples
That is just like saying "The KKK isn't perfect, but their hardline stance against crime is important." Can you imagine anyone uttering those words and not being associated with racism?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use hardline in a sentence?
It's a very hardline attitude but more importantly one that treats every other view as entirely wrong and disdainful.
What does hardline mean?
Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs.
What part of speech is hardline?
hardline is commonly used as adjective, noun.