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tough-mindedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From tough-minded + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The characteristic of being tough-minded; lack of sentimentality and unswerving conviction.
    • Subsequently turning the new insight into action—embodying the idea, producing the revolutionary behavior—requires tough-mindedness, the willingness to try out behavior and allow his or her ideas to die in his or her stead... 2008, Mihnea C. Moldoveanu, Roger L. Martin, The Future of the MBA: Designing the Thinker of the Future, →ISBN, page 53: