strong-minded

See also: strongminded

English

Alternative forms

• strongminded

Adjective

strong-minded (comparative more strong-minded, superlative most strong-minded)

1. Having a vigorous, independent will and views.
   • 2009, Emmy van Deurzen, Everyday Mysteries: A Handbook of Existential Psychotherapy, →ISBN:

     Recognising that we are strong-minded is not the same as accepting ourselves to be stubborn or obstinate.

2. (archaic, of women) Mannish, lacking softness and femininity
   • 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:

     Then there was the widow of a deceased brother of Mr Martin Chuzzlewit, who being almost supernaturally disagreeable, and having a dreary face and a bony figure and a masculine voice, was, in right of these qualities, what is commonly called a strong-minded woman; and who, if she could, would have established her claim to the title, and have shown herself, mentally speaking, a perfect Samson, by shutting up her brother-in-law in a private madhouse, until he proved his complete sanity by loving her very much.

Derived terms

• strong-mindedly
• strong-mindedness

 

Translations

having a vigorous, independent will

• Bulgarian: решителен (bg) (rešitelen), енергичен (bg) (energičen)
• German: willensstark (de)
• Maori: hinengaro pūkeke, hinengaro pakari

of a woman: mannish