strong-minded
adjective
having a forceful and independent mind.
strong-mindedness
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a word derived from
strong-minded.
Example Sentences
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That strong-mindedness was their strength, but it also made them, in a way, resistant to nuance or compromise on this matter.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
It’s impossible to overstate just how much that strong-mindedness has imbued the Ravens.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2020
With typical strong-mindedness he virtually picked her husband, James Simpson Jr., now a director of Chicago's Marshall Field & Co.
From Time Magazine Archive
In her Broadway debut, Cinemactress Carroll is excellent; she catches the lure, the charm, the strong-mindedness demanded by the role.
From Time Magazine Archive
We later-day mortals go in for everything that bespeaks strength and backbone and a certain amount of strong-mindedness.
From The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture by Helen Follett Stevans
