"diehard" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-ca-diehard.oga Forms: more diehard [comparative], most diehard [superlative]
Etymology: Deverbal from die hard. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|die hard}} Deverbal from die hard Head templates: {{en-adj}} diehard (comparative more diehard, superlative most diehard)
  1. Unreasonably or stubbornly resisting change. Translations (unreasonably resisting change): patavanhoillinen (Finnish), inflexible (French), inébranlable (French), irréductible (French), entier (French), tvrdoglav [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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  2. Fanatically opposing progress or reform. Translations (fanatically opposing progress): patavanhoillinen (Finnish), réactionnaire (French), réac (French), conservateur (French), tvrdoglav (Serbo-Croatian)
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  3. Complete; having no opposite opinion of anything in a particular topic of one's values; thorough of in one's beliefs. Translations (thorough of in one's beliefs): твърдоглав (tvǎrdoglav) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ĝisosta (Esperanto), pesunkestävä (Finnish), intégriste (French), fanatique (French), illuminé (French), déterminé (French), déter (French), eingefleischt (German), hartgesotten (German), tvrdoglav [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), empedernido (Spanish)
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  4. Strongly or fanatically determined or devoted. Categories (topical): People
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: die-hard Derived forms: diehard test

Noun

Audio: En-ca-diehard.oga Forms: diehards [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from die hard. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|die hard}} Deverbal from die hard Head templates: {{en-noun}} diehard (plural diehards)
  1. A person with such an attitude. Translations (person vehemently opposed to change): jäärä (Finnish)
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Synonyms: die-hard

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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