unyieldingnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈjiːldɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈjildɪŋnᵻs/ The quality of being unyielding.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility
unbowingnessa1300
impersuasibility?1549
unpliableness1595
unyieldingness1613
unpersuadableness1615
inflexiblenessa1617
rigidity1620
rigidness1620
unpersuasibleness1649
incompliancy1658
impersuasibleness1659
unpersuasiona1684
impersuadableness1715
inflexibility1742
unadvisableness1771
unadaptability1829
unpliancy1831
unyielding1847
uncompromisedness1851
anchylosis1852
uncompromisingness1865
the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [noun] > unyielding quality
renitation1598
renitency1613
unyieldingnessa1836
1613 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. iii. 160 Vpon..the vnyeeldingnesse of King Malcolm,..nothing was effected.
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 369 That phrase of a stony heart, a fit terme to note out the stiffenesse and sturdinesse, and vn-yeeldingnesse thereof.
a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 263/2 An un~yieldingness being imparted to the mass.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. xi. 53 His generalship..came to nothing before the unyieldingness of English, and the advent of Prussian soldiers.
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