hardheartedness
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Both externally and internally, there has also been a hardheartedness about how Australian officialdom has regulated the movement of its citizens.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2022
Last year, his image softened when he embraced Medicaid expansion, criticizing the hardheartedness of some Republicans.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2014
Parson Stubbs had passed the hat before Speaker Byrns mustered up sufficient hardheartedness to point out that it was strictly against the House rules to take up a collection on the floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Elisabet too, as her life wore on, was accorded the proud indulgence which is often, after years of hardheartedness, given the local genius.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Especially are the prophets indignant at the hardheartedness of the rich towards the poor, and at the frequent disregard of faith and truth; oppression and bribery, gluttony and other luxurious excesses, are frequently their mark.
From History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems by Menzies, Allan