diehard

Definitions of diehard
  1. noun
    a person who holds extreme views
    synonyms: extremist, hardliner, ultra
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    type of:
    extremist, hardliner, radicaal, ultra
    a person who has radical ideas or opinions
  2. noun
    a person who has radical ideas or opinions
    synonyms: extremist, hardliner, radicaal, ultra
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    anarchist, nihilist
    an advocate of anarchism
    extremist, hardliner, ultra
    a person who holds extreme views
    revolutionair
    a radical supporter of political or social revolution
    terrorist
    a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
    contrarevolutionair
    a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution
    computerkraker, hacker
    a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal or change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
    muiter, oproerling, opstandeling, rebel, verzetsstrijder
    a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
    Jacobijn, jakobijn
    a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution
    type of:
    eenling, enkeling, figuur, individu, mens, particulier, persoon, zelfstandige
    a human being
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