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HARDHEADED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hardheaded mean?
• HARDHEADED (adjective)
The adjective HARDHEADED has 2 senses:
1. unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
2. guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
Familiarity information: HARDHEADED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
Synonyms:
hardheaded; mulish
Similar:
obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
Synonyms:
hard-nosed; hardheaded; practical; pragmatic
Context example:
not ideology but pragmatic politics
Similar:
realistic (aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are)
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