mulishnessn.
/ˈmjuːlᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmjulɪʃnᵻs/ Mulish character; obstinacy, stubbornness.
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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-
1763 J. Wilkes North Briton No. 46. A mulishness, which could never be conquered, rendered him the contempt of all.
a1848 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 197 Children of Light, leave the world to its mulishness, Things to their natures, and fools to their foolishness.
1953 R. Chandler Long Good-bye xi. 63 It wasn't an idea. It was just mulishness.
1986 D. Carey Battlestations! iv. 61 It was, as Scanner had muttered at me a day ago, ‘plain cussed mulishness’.
2000 Newsweek (Electronic ed.) 16 Oct. 74 Of course, it takes more than mulishness to build a company; it takes direction and a plan.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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