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Definition of hidebound adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

hidebound

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//ˈhaɪdbaʊnd//
 
(disapproving)
 
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having old-fashioned ideas, rather than accepting new ways of thinking synonym narrow-minded She wanted a life that was less hidebound by rules and conventions.
See hidebound in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary