bolshiness

English

Noun

bolshiness (uncountable)

  1. (UK) The state of being bolshie.
    • 1970, John A. T. Robinson, Christian Freedom in a Permissive Society‎, Westminster: Press, page 212:
      ‘Live as free men — but not (if St Peter will forgive a free translation) as a cover for bolshiness or bloody-mindedness.’
    • 2009, Anna Nicholas, chapter 8, in Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns:
      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.
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