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[ tuhf-mahyn-did ] / ˈtʌfˈmaɪn dɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tough-minded ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecharacterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view. strong-willed; vigorous; not easily swayed. Origin of tough-mindedFirst recorded in 1905–10 OTHER WORDS FROM tough-mindedtough-mind·ed·ly, adverbtough-mind·ed·ness, nounWords nearby tough-mindedtoughen, toughie, toughish, tough it out, tough love, tough-minded, toughness, tough nut, tough pitch, tough row to hoe, tough sledding Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tough-mindedTo be sure, there are remnants of an Old West mentality of a rugged, tough-minded, if not slow to change attitude. The Real Arizona Isn’t Anti-Gay|Ronnie Cho|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Walter is sent by his tough-minded grandmother to work in the office of a distinguished U.S. Senator. Announcing "Patriots"|David Frum|April 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST The answer has in large part to do with the enduring appeal of her complex, tough-minded view of love, life, and human nature. Jane Austen’s Tough Love|Rachel M. Brownstein|June 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST Roosevelt was the tough-minded champion of a new, yet essentially conservative social order. Teddy's Lost Years|Michael Kazin|November 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Another name that has floated: Jonathan Dolgen, the tough-minded businessman who ran Viacom's film studio. Murdoch's Next Move|Kim Masters|February 24, 2009|DAILY BEAST You get, in short, a materialistic universe, in which only the tough-minded find themselves congenially at home. Tender-minded and tough-minded, what a barbaric disjunction! That tough-minded central bureaucracy did not ordinarily bother to obtain proof against those it suspected. Watch the Sky|James H. Schmitz He differentiated them as the "tough-minded," and the "tender-minded." Collected Papers on Analytical Psychology|C. G. Jung
British Dictionary definitions for tough-minded
adjectivepractical, unsentimental, stern or intractable Derived forms of tough-mindedtough-mindedly, adverbtough-mindedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tough-mindedstrong-willed, single-minded, hard-nosed, determined, resolute, unsentimental |