STRONG-MINDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strong-minded mean? 

• STRONG-MINDED (adjective)
  The adjective STRONG-MINDED has 2 senses:

1. having a determined will

2. marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment

  Familiarity information: STRONG-MINDED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRONG-MINDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a determined will

Synonyms:

strong-minded; strong-willed

Similar:

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment

Similar:

independent (free from external control and constraint)

 Context examples 

I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I feel to know the strong-minded lady who goes so bravely under many horse noses, and so fast through much mud.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Going in to exult over a fallen enemy and to praise a strong-minded sister for the banishment of an objectionable lover, it certainly was a shock to behold the aforesaid enemy serenely sitting on the sofa, with the strongminded sister enthroned upon his knee and wearing an expression of the most abject submission.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)