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Tough-minded

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, beliefs, commitments, etc.; realistic.

    "[T]his was the Society of Jesus, founded in Spain five hundred years before by a tough-minded soldier who trained men to hold a breach or a salon, preach a sermon or write a treaty, and do it and not argue …"

Adjective
  1. 1
    facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination wordnet

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