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