English

Noun

bolshiness ‎(uncountable)

1. (Britain) The state of being bolshie.
   • 1970, John A. T. Robinson, Christian Freedom in a Permissive Society, Westminster Press, p. 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, Goats from a Small Island: Grabbing Mallorcan Life by the Horns, Chapter Eight,

     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.