Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hardheaded"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hard-headed \Hard"-head`ed\, a.
Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd. --
{Hard"-head`ed*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hardheaded
adj 1: unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or
attack [syn: {mulish}]
2: guided by practical experience and observation rather than
theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a
hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his
approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic
politics" [syn: {hard-nosed}, {practical}, {pragmatic}]
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