5
hidebound(adjective, moderate, cautious, conventional, timid)
5
intransigent(noun, adjective, person, uncompromising, fanatic)
5
retrograde
5
square(noun, adjective, person, right, proper)
5
standpat(adjective, moderate, uncompromising, conservative, fanatic)
4
backward(adjective, politics)
4
bigoted(adjective, conservative, prejudiced, intolerant, biased)
4
bitter-ender(noun, person, right, moderate, conservative)
4
blimp(noun, conservative)
4
conflicting
4
extreme right-winger
4
fogy
4
fossil
4
hard hat(noun, expression, person, moderate, cautious)
4
intolerant(adjective, conservative, prejudiced, biased, narrow-minded)
4
narrow(adjective, prejudiced, intolerant, biased, bigoted)
4
old-fashioned(adjective, conventional, traditional, conformist)
4
old-line(adjective, conservative)
4
refluent(recoil, regression)
4
retroactive(recoil, counteraction)
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