jusqu'auboutismen.
/ˌʒuːskəʊbuːˈtiːz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌʒuˌskoʊˌbuˈtiz(ə)m/ The policy of carrying on a conflict to the bitter end, or until a conclusive victory has been gained or all one's aims achieved; advocacy of or support for such a policy. Also in extended use. Cf. jusqu'auboutiste n.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun]
obstination?1387
pertinacyc1390
obstinacya1393
thronessa1400
stubbornnessc1440
obstinance?a1475
durenessc1480
pertinacity?1504
stomacha1513
stiffness1526
tenacity1526
persistence1546
obstacleness1548
obstinateness1561
stiffneckedness1570
self-mindedness1574
intractability1579
persistency1600
obstinancy1614
contumacy1619
stomachfulness1621
tenaciousness1642
pertinaciousness1651
irresignation1657
peremptoriness1747
mulishness1763
strongheadedness1793
dourness1794
unmovableness1818
stoutheartedness1826
bullet-headednessa1849
stalwartism1879
camelishness1883
thick and thin1884
stupidity1886
jusqu'auboutisme1917
die-hardism1922
obstinative-
1917 War & Peace Dec. 150/1 Readers are persistently given the picture of extreme German jusqu'auboutisme.
1942 Spectator 25 Sept. 281/1 The full determination to exploit to the uttermost farthing the German jusqu'au-boutisme.
1958 Compar. Lit. 10 333 O'Faolain criticizes the intellectual jusqu'au-boutisme of these authors, contrasting it with the attitude of those earlier writers who were content to bring their novels to an intermediate destination by limiting their themes to marriage, love, and domestic happiness.
1968 Listener 4 July 12/1 The rhetoric of the klieg-lit European student leaders spouting mocking jusqu'auboutisme like post-Marxist Beatles.
1996 M. Hanna Mobilization Intellect Epil. 216 Etévé justified his jusqu'auboutisme on the grounds that France was fighting the war to end all wars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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