head-on

Definition

Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating; uncompromising

Example Sentences

• "a head-on approach to a problem"
• "In what way do we benefit from speaking of things indirectly? How does such a distancing allow us to better discover - and describe - people and objects? How does distancing produce an effect? Westerners find it natural and normal to meet the world head-on. But what can we gain from approaching the world obliquely?"
• "Getting into a head-on collision is dangerous."