obstinatenessn.
/ˈɒbstᵻnətnəs/, U.S. /ˈɑbstənətnəs/ rare after 16th cent.
Obstinacy.
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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-
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. C.iiii And of these errors there are diuers causes and among other the obstinatenes [It. obstination] of princes.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 560/2 Whome against the obstinatnes of the sayd William Swynderby we thought good to receyue & did receiue.
1587 T. Underdowne tr. Heliodorus Ethiopian Hist. f. 108v The young man by his obstinatenesse gave mee occasion therof.
1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 228 Being much concerned that so brave a Gentleman should be lost by his own obstinateness.
1851 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Nov. 612 The seclusion with which he confined himself to his favorite authors..must have seemed like narrowness of mind and obstinateness of temper.
1997 A. B. Kipnis Producing Guanxi ii. 35 As these people were generally being very helpful, I did not consider these instances purposeful obstinateness toward a rude foreigner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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