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toughminded

toughminded is the alternative form of tough-minded.

Meaning of tough-minded

Adjective

tough-minded (comparative more tough-minded, superlative most tough-minded)

  1. Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc.; realistic.
    • [T]his was the Society of Jesus, founded in Spain five hundred years before by a tough-minded soldier who trained men to hold a breach or a salon, preach a sermon or write a treaty, and do it and not argue …1920 September, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Benediction”, in Flappers and Philosophers, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, part II, page 197

Forms of toughminded

comparativemore toughminded
superlativemost toughminded

Origin of toughminded

From tough + minded.

Words formed from toughminded

Questions about toughminded

What is toughminded the alternative form of?
Toughminded is the alternative form of tough-minded.

Words near toughminded in the dictionary

  1. toughing
  2. toughing it out
  3. toughing out
  4. toughish
  5. toughly
  6. toughminded
  7. toughmindedly
  8. toughmindedness
  9. toughness
  10. toughnesses
  11. toughra

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