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hidebound: stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded

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procrustean collapse: of or relating to the mythical giant Procrustes or the mode of torture practiced by him

straightlaced collapse

narrow-minded collapse: lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view; "a brilliant but narrow-minded judge"; "narrow opinions"; rigidly adhering to a particular sect or its doctrines

Victorian collapse: a person who lived during the reign of Victoria; typical of the moral standards or conduct of the age of Queen Victoria; of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled; "Victorian morals"

small minded collapse

narrow minded collapse

little minded collapse

muscle bound collapse

Sabbatarian collapse: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism); pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance

uncharitable collapse: lacking love and generosity; "all pious words and uncharitable deeds"- Charles Reade

closed minded collapse

prim collapse: dress primly; contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"; assume a prim appearance; "They mince and prim"

prudish collapse

ironclad collapse: a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor; inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; "brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule"; sheathed in iron plates for protection

creedbound collapse

rockbound collapse

evangelical collapse: marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause; of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament; relating to or being a Christian church believing in personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an ultraconservative evangelical message"

sanctimonious collapse

uncompromising collapse: not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

narrow gauge collapse: a railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches

fundamentalist collapse: a supporter of fundamentalism; of or relating to or tending toward fundamentalism

ungenerous collapse: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

demure collapse

mid Victorian collapse

stiff necked collapse

ironbound collapse

nearsighted collapse: unable to see distant objects clearly

intolerant collapse: unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion

purblind collapse

illiberal collapse: narrow-minded about cherished opinions

deaf collapse: people who have severe hearing impairments; "many of the deaf use sign language"; lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing wholly or in part

puritan collapse: someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures; a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship

puristic collapse

puritanical collapse: of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

censorious collapse: harshly critical or expressing censure; "was censorious of petty failings"

parochial collapse: relating to or supported by or located in a parish; "parochial schools"

priggish collapse: exaggeratedly proper; "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

constricted collapse: inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his first impulse is to move"; drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a constricted view of life"; especially tense; especially in some dialects

inexorable collapse

straitlaced collapse

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