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What does hidebound mean?

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Adjective
  1. Bound with the hide of an animal.
  2. (of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
  3. (of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
  4. (of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
  5. (obsolete) Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
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Despite its essential inequities and hidebound nostalgia, Old England was a gentle place of tolerance, common sense, and universal kindliness.
This is the kind of step that is quite often made in science by a junior researcher, not yet hidebound by tradition.
From this it is but a short step to viewing those who oppose liberal ideas or policies as hidebound traditionalists, bigots, or ignoramuses.
Even Germany, the Continent's largest and most hidebound economy, may soon see reform.
We were not so hidebound by tradition, so we had to discover new ways to express ourselves.
There's no magic formula that will transform a hidebound organization into one eager to adopt the latest software technology.

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