Local English word record

hardheaded

adjective · 2 senses

guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

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Examples

  • a hardheaded appraisal of our position
  • a hard-nosed labor leader
  • completely practical in his approach to business
  • not ideology but pragmatic politics

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Synonyms

hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic

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