adj.

1. Stubborn; willful.
2. Realistic; pragmatic.

hardheadedly hard'head'ed·ly adv.
hardheadedness hard'head'ed·ness n.

adjective

1. Tenaciously unwilling to yield: bullheaded, dogged, headstrong, mulish, obstinate, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, tenacious, willful. See resist/yield.
2. Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are: down-to-earth, hard, matter-of-fact, objective, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prosaic, realistic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic. See excite/bore/interest, real/imaginary.

adj

Definition: stubborn
Antonyms: yielding

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
  Synonym: mulish

Meaning #2: guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
  Synonyms: hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nøgtern, praktisk, kløgtig

Français (French)
adj. - réaliste

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nüchtern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θετικός, πρακτικός, πραγματιστής, ρεαλιστής

Italiano (Italian)
caparbio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cabeçudo

Русский (Russian)
упрямый, несентиментальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - práctico, realista, terco, testarudo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - praktisk, beräknande, envis, kall

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
固执的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 固執的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 완고한, 빈틈 없는, 실제적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 抜け目のない, 頑固な

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עקשן, פיקח, לא מתפתה, מעשי, חזק אופי, לא-רגשני‬

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