0 having fixed opinions and ways of doing things and not willing to change or be influenced, especially by new or modern ideas --
It is not the case that local authorities are run by hidebound ideologues with insufficient capacity to learn.
Being hidebound, it has difficulty meeting the needs of local and regional communities.
He was not hidebound by the past, nor scared of a new future for the island.
It is helpful in producing an organic structure which allows growth and is not hidebound.
Why should we be hidebound by an ancient custom of this sort?
It may well be that female psychiatrists are hidebound.
We do not want waffle, emotion and hidebound, prejudiced dogma.
We have never got down to trying to solve them because we are hidebound by out-dated ideas and ideology.
