adjective
- Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack.
- synonyms: mulish
- Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.
- usage: "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
- synonyms: hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic
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