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Definition of Tough-minded
1. Adjective. Facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination.
Definition of Tough-minded
1. Adjective. Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, commitments, beliefs, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tough-minded
Literary usage of Tough-minded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What is Pragmatism ? by James Bissett Pratt (1909)
"To carry it still further into detail, one might say more specifically that the
pragmatist is tough-minded intellectually and tender- minded emotionally; ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1909)
"Now Mr. James distinguishes two kinds of mental temper and accordingly two types
of philosophers : the tough- minded or the empiricist and the tender-minded ..."
3. Some Modern Novelists: Appreciations and Estimates by Helen Thomas Follett, Wilson Follett (1918)
"We were just about to cite him as an example of the " tough- minded " man, in
William James's phrase, when we found him quoting^ on the title-page of The ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1916)
"Professor James divides mankind roughly, and arbitrarily, into "tender-minded"
and "tough-minded" groups according to predominant tendencies. ..."
5. Mechanisms of Character Formation: An Introduction to Psychoanalysis by William Alanson White (1916)
"It is not by accident that James has used tough-minded and tender-minded as the
... The tough-minded empiricist is especially well equipped to beat his way ..."
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