tough-minded
adjective
characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
tough-mindedness
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a word derived from
tough-minded.
Example Sentences
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“He has a poetic quality deep in his heart and soul, and he has just enough tough-mindedness and nostalgia to fill the character of John Barrymore.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2021
It hints at a tough-mindedness that flies in the face of his very cinematic system—the one in which he works, as well as the one he has devised for himself.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2016
Mr. McNamara distributes characteristics among them, splitting the difference between tough-mindedness and grudging affection.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2015
For sheer quarterbacking command, for timing, recognition, disguise, and tough-mindedness, how about 400 passing yards with a 74 percent completion rate, and two touchdown drives that ate up more than seven minutes apiece.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2014
If we put into tough-mindedness the element of moral hardness and unresponsiveness which the prophet must meet, we can see how such an element would condition and limit the prophet.
From Understanding the Scriptures by Francis John McConnell
