diehard

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diehard^¹

/ˈdaɪ.hɑɹd/ US
/ˈdaɪ.hɑːd/ UK

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Deverbal from die hard.

adjective more diehard · most diehard · die-hard

idiomatic Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change.
idiomatic Fanatically opposing progress or reform.
idiomatic Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs. For a Roman Catholic teacher, he sure is a diehard fundamentalist.
idiomatic Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted.

noun diehards · die-hard

idiomatic A person with such an attitude. I should like my Scottish correspondent to see recent statements by leading officers of certain American railways which both have been among the most extreme diehards for steam, and also have developed the most powerful and outstanding steam locomotive designs—[…].

Diehard^²

proper noun

A locality in the Glen Innes Severn council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

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adj unreasonably resisting change

Français	inflexible, inébranlable, irréductible, entier

adj fanatically opposing progress

Français	réactionnaire, réac, conservateur

adj thorough of in one's beliefs

Español	empedernido
Français	intégriste, fanatique, illuminé, déterminé, déter
Deutsch	eingefleischt, hartgesotten

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@misc{diehard_2026,
  title = {diehard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diehard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}