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obstinateness
ob·sti·nate O0015900 (ŏb′stə-nĭt)adj.1. a. Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.b. Characterized by such adherence: an obstinate refusal.2. Difficult to manage, control, or treat: an obstinate problem; an obstinate headache. [Middle English obstinat, from Latin obstinātus, past participle of obstināre, to persist; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] ob′sti·nate·ly adv.ob′sti·nate·ness n.Synonyms: stubborn, headstrong, recalcitrant, intractable, bullheaded, pigheaded, mulish These adjectives mean tenaciously unwilling to yield. Obstinate implies unreasonable rigidity: "Mr. Quincy labored hard with the governor to obtain his assent, but he was obstinate" (Benjamin Franklin). Stubborn pertains to innate, often perverse resoluteness or unyieldingness: "She was very stubborn when her mind was made up" (Samuel Butler). One who is headstrong is obstinately bent on having his or her own way: The headstrong senator ignored his constituency. A person who is recalcitrant rebels against authority: The police arrested the recalcitrant protestors. Intractable refers to what is obstinate and difficult to manage or control: "the intractable ferocity of his captive" (Edgar Allan Poe). Bullheaded suggests foolish or irrational obstinacy, and pigheaded, stupid obstinacy: Don't be bullheaded; see a doctor. "It's a pity pious folks are so apt to be pigheaded" (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Mulish implies the obstinacy and intractability associated with a mule: "It is a mark of my own chalky insecurity and mulish youth that I hounded Andy every chance I got" (Brian Doyle).Thesaurusobstinatenessnoun1. The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding:bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinacy, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness.2. The quality or condition of being unruly:disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeObstinacyMedicalSeeobstinateobstinateness Related to obstinateness: puerile, relieve, sedulouslySynonyms for obstinatenessnoun the quality or state of being stubbornly unyieldingSynonyms- bullheadedness
- doggedness
- hardheadedness
- mulishness
- obstinacy
- pertinaciousness
- pertinacity
- perverseness
- perversity
- pigheadedness
- tenaciousness
- tenacity
- willfulness
noun the quality or condition of being unrulySynonyms- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- indocility
- intractability
- intractableness
- obstinacy
- obstreperousness
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- unruliness
- untowardness
- wildness
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