obstinacy (Meaning)
obstinacy (n)
the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
obstinacy (n.)
A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.
The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.
Synonyms & Antonyms of obstinacy
Synonyms:
- balkiness
- inexorability
- rigorousness
- single-mindedness
- self-opinionatedness
- cussedness
- relentlessness
- disobedience
- immovability
- cantankerousness
- insubordination
- hardness
- rigidity
- firmness
- contumacy
- tenaciousness
- recalcitrance
- stick-to-itiveness
- narrow-mindedness
- rigidness
- refractoriness
- bloody-mindedness
- anal-retentiveness
- strictness
- frowardness
- unruliness
- intractability
- contrariness
- rigor
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word obstinacy
the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome, resolute adherence to your own ideas or desiresA fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be s
resolve, doggedness, persistence, pigheadedness, pertinacity, persistency, bullheadedness, intransigence,stubbornness, willfulness
receptiveness, flexibility, reasonableness, pliancy, pliancy, receptiveness, receptivity,reasonableness, compliance, acquiescence
Her obstinate refusal to admit her mistake put the project in jeopardy.
The mule's obstinacy made it impossible to lead it anywhere.
With stubborn obstinacy, he clung to his outdated beliefs.
The CEO's obstinacy led to a disregard for employee concerns.
