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Tough-minded   /təf-mˈaɪndəd/   Listen
Tough-minded

adjective
1.
Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination.  Synonym: unsentimental.






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"Tough-minded" Quotes from Famous Books



... answer practically is, 'Yes, if you believe it is.' Pragmatism is put forward as the mediator between two opposite tendencies, those of 'tender-mindedness' and 'tough-mindedness.' 'The tendency to rest in the Absolute is the characteristic mark of the tender-minded; the {116} radically tough-minded, on the other hand, needs no religion at all.'[19] There is something to be said for both of these views, James thinks, and a compromise will probably best meet the case. Hence, against these two ways of accepting the universe, he maintains the pragmatic faith which is at once theistic, ...
— Christianity and Ethics - A Handbook of Christian Ethics • Archibald B. C. Alexander



Words linked to "Tough-minded" :   unsentimental, tough



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