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hidebound  
If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old-fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change.  adj oft ADJ by n  (disapproval)  The men are hidebound and reactionary..., The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies.  

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