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Stubbornness

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n. The state of being stubborn.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The state or character of being inflexible or stubborn; obstinate persistence, obduracy, or refractoriness.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

n. the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

Word Usage

"And Iola, while she was provoked by what she called his stubbornness, was yet secretly proud of that silently resisting strength she could neither shake nor break."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

intractableness intractability

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

obstinacy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

obstinacy tenacity perversity ferocity haughtiness