What is "hard-nosed" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does hard-nosed mean in English? Meaning of hard-nosed definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "hard-nosed" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "hard-nosed": guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory

Adjective

  • Meaning: guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
  • Example: a hardheaded appraisal of our position a hard-nosed labor leader completely practical in his approach to business not ideology but pragmatic politics
  • Synonyms: hard-nosed hardheaded practical pragmatic
  • Similar: realistic
  • Adjective: guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory(idiomatic) hardheaded, stubborn
  • Synonyms:

    uncompromising, hardheaded, no-nonsense, hard-boiled, tough-minded, bullheaded, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, pigheaded, stubborn, tough, stubborn as a mule, unsentimental,

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