bolshiness en · NOUN
Etymology
From bolshie + -ness.
Meanings
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(UK, uncountable) The state of being bolshie.
‘Live as free men — but not (if St Peter will forgive a free translation) as a cover for bolshiness or bloody-mindedness.’
1970, John A. T. Robinson, Christian Freedom in a Permissive Society, Westminster: Press, page 212:I reflect on how easily the building could fall victim to squatters and, in a moment of bolshiness, think it would serve the negligent owners jolly well right.
2009, Anna Nicholas, chapter 8, in Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns: