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obstinacy

n.

stubbornness, tenacity, reluctance; see determination 2, purpose 1.

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Another word for obstinacy

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The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding:
bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness. See resist
The quality or condition of being unruly:
disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness. See control, order, peace, resist

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The rejection of the Jews is their own fault, due to their obstinacy and legalism (ix.
Bogdanich is vindictive and you'll pay for your obstinacy, said Kirsten.
Anne was a women of small ability, of dull mind, and of that kind of obstinacy which accompanies weakness of character.
He was Puritan to the core, with a tenacious memory, a strength of will bordering upon obstinacy, and a want of sympathy with human nature.
All that remained was to obtain the abdication of Benedict XIII., the successor of the Avignon pope Clement VII., but the combined efforts of the council and the emperor were powerless to overcome the obstinacy of the Aragonese pope.

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