Inside political circles, Maliki had been known as a strident Shi'ite hardliner.
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It was written by Alex Morton, former assistant to Tory hardliner Peter Lilley.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Ask anyone, though, and they'll say Rubio is the moderate and Cruz the hardliner.
From the swampland.time.com
If Serbs put all hardliners on the list they do not have to select the hardliner.
From the economist.com
Jeffrey Donaldson, an Ulster Unionist hardliner, dismissed the announcement.
From the economist.com
No hardliner, Popper later saw flaws in market ideology, comparing it to a religion.
From the economist.com
Ma was a member of the Chinese Nationalist Kuomintang party and a hardliner.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He knows Republicans will not be convinced that he's suddenly a hardliner.
From the denverpost.com
On the surface, she has all the cred to look like a Wall Street hardliner.
From the economist.com
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A conservative who is uncompromising
In politics, hardline refers to the doctrine, policy, and posturing of a government or political body as being absolutist and sometimes authoritarian. The hardline position is usually extremist and uncompromising.
Hardliner is a Canadian hard rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, formed in 1999.