bolshiness

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noun

The state of being bolshie.

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Meanings

nounbolshiness (uncountable)
  1. UKuncountableThe state of being bolshie.

    ‘Live as free men — but not (if St Peter will forgive a free translation) as a cover for bolshiness or bloody-mindedness.’

    1970, John A. T. Robinson, Christian Freedom in a Permissive Society, Westminster: Press, page 212
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    I reflect on how easily the building could fall victim to squatters and, in a moment of bolshiness, think it would serve the negligent owners jolly well right.

    2009, Anna Nicholas, chapter 8, in Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns

Origin

From bolshie + -ness.

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bolshiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolshiness

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“bolshiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolshiness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bolshiness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bolshiness.

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