Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory:
— A hard-nosed labor leader.
synoniemen: hardheaded, practical, pragmatic.
Roget 739:
severe;
strict,
hard,
harsh,
dour,
rigid,
stiff,
stern,
rigorous,
uncompromising,
exacting,
exigent,
exigeant†,
inexorable,
inflexible,
obdurate,
austere,
hard-headed,
hard-nosed,
hard-shell [U.S.],
relentless,
Spartan,
Draconian,
stringent,
strait-laced,
searching,
unsparing,
iron-handed,
peremptory,
absolute,
positive,
arbitrary,
imperative;
coercive
etc.
744;
tyrannical,
extortionate,
grinding,
withering,
oppressive,
inquisitorial;
inclement
etc.
(ruthless)
914.1;
cruel
etc.
(malevolent)
907;
haughty,
arrogant
etc.
885;
precisian†.
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Roget 823:
insensible,
unconscious;
impassive,
impassible;
blind to,
deaf to,
dead to;
unsusceptible,
insusceptible;
unimpressionable†,
unimpressible†;
passionless,
spiritless,
heartless,
soulless;
unfeeling,
unmoral.
apathetic;
leuco-†,
phlegmatic;
dull,
frigid;
cold blooded,
cold hearted;
cold as charity;
flat,
maudlin,
obtuse,
inert,
supine,
sluggish,
torpid,
torpedinous†,
torporific†;
sleepy
etc.
(inactive)
683;
languid,
half-hearted,
tame;
numbed;
comatose;
anaesthetic
etc.
376;
stupefied,
chloroformed,
drugged,
stoned;
palsy-stricken.
indifferent,
lukewarm;
careless,
mindless,
regardless;
inattentive
etc.
458;
neglectful
etc.
460;
disregarding.
unconcerned,
nonchalant,
pococurante†,
insouciant,
sans souci [Fr.];
unambitious
etc.
866.
unaffected,
unruffled,
unimpressed,
uninspired,
unexcited,
unmoved,
unstirred,
untouched,
unshocked†,
unstruck†;
unblushing
etc.
(shameless)
885;
unanimated;
vegetative.
callous,
thick-skinned,
hard-nosed,
pachydermatous,
impervious;
hardened;
inured,
casehardened;
steeled against,
proof against;
imperturbable
etc.
(inexcitable)
826†;
unfelt.
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Pools: pragmatyczny