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Adjective: standpat
  1. Old-fashioned and out of date
    - fusty, unprogressive, nonprogressive
Verb: stand pat  stand pat
  1. Refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
    - stand firm, hold firm, stand fast

Derived forms: stood pat, stands pat, standing pat

See also: conservative

Type of: insist, take a firm stand

Nearest

standing rib roast
standing room
standing stone
standing wave
Standish
standoff
stand-off half
standoffish
standoffishly
standoffishness
standpat
standpipe
standpoint
standstill
stand-up
standup comedian
stane
Stanford
Stanford University
Stanford White
Stanford-Binet test