单词	hardheadedness
释义	hardheaded adjective hard·​head·​ed ˈhärd-ˈhe-dəd  1 : stubborn, willful 2 : concerned with or involving practical considerations : sober, realistic some hardheaded advice a hardheaded observer of winds and tides hardheadedly adverb hardheadedness noun Synonyms astute canny clear-eyed clear-sighted hard-boiled heady knowing savvy sharp sharp-witted shrewd smart See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He was always hardheaded about getting his way. We need to take a more hardheaded approach to these problems. She gave him some hardheaded advice. Recent Examples on the Web Politicians like John Adams and Theodore Roosevelt, and hardheaded businessmen like John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan, supported Zionist aspirations as well. Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 What does matter is to stop being so hardheaded and close-minded. San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022 Haidt believes that conditions are too dire to take the hardheaded, no-reasonable-doubt view. The New Yorker, 3 June 2022 Whether overconfidence or hardheaded realism are responsible for the tepid countercyclical response, the likely result is the same: an extended period of subpar Chinese growth, beginning with a steep downturn this quarter. Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 17 May 2022 Tom, his glib wanna-be anchorman (a temptation to Holly Hunter's hardheaded producer), is both a perfect piece of casting, and a key into something essential about his art. Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2022 Any hardheaded, pragmatic look at what must be done to protect the country and its inhabitants would put climate policy at the top of the agenda. Ryan Cooper, The Week, 11 June 2021 Yet amid the financial insecurity, this generation is responding with a blend of hardheaded pragmatism and nontraditional efforts to make economic opportunity more inclusive. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2021 Both hardheaded and desperate, Mencía goes against the grain, sitting alongside her classmates in their protest of Don Benjamín and catching the eye of heroine Rebe, short for Rebeca (Claudia Salas). Ruth Etiesit Samuel, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021 See More Word History First Known Use circa 1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition hardheaded adjective hard·​head·​ed ˈhärd-ˈhe-dəd  1 : stubborn sense 1 2 : using or showing good judgment a hardheaded businessman hardheadedness noun 1 as in stubbornness a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion her unrelenting hardheadedness didn't win many friends, but it helped her to get her way most of the time Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance stubbornness bullheadedness pigheadedness persistence intransigence obstinacy persistency obduracy doggedness willfulness determination resolve pertinacity obdurateness wrongheadedness mulishness tenacity obstinateness steadfastness perseverance defiance self-opinionatedness inflexibility self-will opinionatedness tenaciousness rebelliousness waywardness adamancy perversity implacability pertinaciousness perverseness adamance sternness rigidity inexorability relentlessness single-mindedness strictness cantankerousness stick-to-itiveness inveteracy cussedness recalcitrance hardness anal-retentiveness rigidness bloody-mindedness intractability firmness contrariness rigorousness disobedience unruliness immovability narrow-mindedness insubordination recalcitrancy contumacy rigor balkiness refractoriness obstreperousness immovableness frowardness Antonyms & Near Antonyms reasonableness acquiescence receptiveness receptivity acceptance flexibility reasonability pliancy pliability docility willingness broad-mindedness open-mindedness obedience subordination compliance surrender slavishness subservience submission pliableness subserviency pliantness subordinateness yielding See More 2 as in intelligence exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters the hardheadedness of a bean counter Synonyms & Similar Words intelligence wit shrewdness wisdom astuteness canniness acumen insight intellect keenness caginess clear-sightedness foxiness knowingness perceptiveness cunning perceptivity sharpness sagacity sense perception artfulness cageyness slyness sneakiness wiliness sagaciousness subtlety reason deviousness discernment subtleness guile sapience craftiness percipience sageness gray matter slickness brain(s) craft artifice Antonyms & Near Antonyms naiveté naïveté guilelessness naivete unworldliness ingenuousness artlessness unsophistication simplemindedness naiveness simplicity innocence greenness obtuseness simpleness stupidity foolishness dumbness slowness oafishness dopiness stupidness witlessness density fatuity brainlessness mindlessness senselessness doltishness vacuity half-wittedness See More
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