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Synonyms & Antonyms for hardheaded
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astute, canny, clear-eyed, clear-sighted, hard-boiled, heady, knowing, savvy, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart
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Here's a thought experiment: Imagine for a moment that a hardheaded social scientist from, say, 1974 is plucked out of time and dropped here, in the midst of the internet age. — Zeynep Tufekci, WIRED, "Altruism Still Fuels the Web. Businesses Love to Exploit It," 20 Aug. 2019 That may sound utopian, but Rosenfeld suggests a hardheaded justification. — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, "State of the Unions," 19 Aug. 2019 In ‘‘Brown Girl, Brownstones,’’ her autobiographical debut, a young Brooklyn woman seeks her own identity amid the conflicting values of her Barbadian parents — her hardheaded mother and tragically hopeful father. — Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, "Paule Marshall, novelist of diverse influences, at 90," 16 Aug. 2019 If Herzog is a mystic and a shaman, though, Argentina’s Lucrecia Martel is a more hardheaded sort of cinematic poet. — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Zama’ is Lucrecia Martel’s latest one-of-a-kind offering," 4 July 2018 Russia takes a hardheaded approach to peacekeeping. — Richard Gowan, Washington Post, "Could U.N. peacekeepers help end the war in Ukraine?," 1 Mar. 2018 Gutiérrez, who came from a humble upbringing in Sinaloa State, was known as the mature leader who often stood up for Lozano, a small speedster whose hardheaded personality clashed with coaches and teammates. — James Wagner, New York Times, "A Nightmare for Mexico’s Soccer Opponents: More Chuckys On the Way," 27 June 2018 Felicia knew from the start and was hardheaded about it. — David Denby, The New Yorker, "Leonard Bernstein Through His Daughter’s Eyes," 16 June 2018 That diplomatic disengagement might seem like hardheaded realism about the limits of U.S. power. — Daniel Benaim, New Republic, "Trump’s Middle East Policy: The Good(ish), the Bad, and the Ugly," 19 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hardheaded.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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