obstinacy

  • 11obstinacy — noun Zach s obstinacy contributed to his unfavorable performance evaluation Syn: stubbornness, inflexibility, intransigence, intractability, obduracy, mulishness, pigheadedness, willfulness, contrariness, perversity, recalcitrance, refractoriness …

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  • 12obstinacy — /ˈɒbstənəsi/ (say obstuhnuhsee) noun (plural obstinacies) 1. the quality or state of being obstinate. 2. obstinate adherence to purpose, opinion, etc. 3. stubborn persistence: the soldiers fought with incredible obstinacy. 4. unyielding nature,… …

  • 13obstinacy — obstinate ► ADJECTIVE 1) stubbornly refusing to change one s opinion or chosen course of action. 2) hard to deal with or overcome: an obstinate problem. DERIVATIVES obstinacy noun obstinately adverb. ORIGIN Latin obstinatus, from obstinare… …

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  • 14obstinacy — Synonyms and related words: adhesiveness, antagonism, antipathy, application, assiduity, assiduousness, averseness, aversion, backwardness, bad blood, bloody mindedness, bulldog tenacity, bullheadedness, cantankerousness, challenge, clashing,… …

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  • 15obstinacy — ob|sti|na|cy [ abstınəsi ] noun uncount the quality of being unwilling to be reasonable and change your behavior, plans, or ideas: STUBBORNNESS …

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  • 16obstinacy — ob·sti·na·cy || É‘bstɪnÉ™sɪ / É’b n. stubbornness, willfulness, unwavering determination …

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  • 17obstinacy — n. 1. Stubbornness, doggedness, headiness, wilfulness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity, persistency, firmness, resoluteness. 2. Fixedness, immovability, stubbornness, tenacity, tenaciousness …

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  • 18obstinacy — noun (U) an unreasonable determination not to change your mind …

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  • 19obstinacy — n 1. inflexibility, immovability, stiff neckedness, Inf. hardcoreness; inexorableness, implacability, intransigence, intractability, unyieldingness; unmalleability, unpersuadability, uninfluenceability, unswayability, unpliability. 2.… …

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  • 20obstinacy — ob·sti·na·cy …

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