6 example sentences using obstinacy.
Obstinacy used in a sentence
Obstinacy in a sentence as a noun
For my own part, I use Tor partly as "civil obstinacy" – if we do not exercise a right, we risk losing it.
It's not about the utopian end of returning to nature, the name of their game is endless obstinacy.
Skills can be taught and learnt, but obstinacy is a quality that cannot be developed just by anyone, it is a character trait.
Don't mistake your own obstinacy for reasoned skepticism.
Creating that contrast is important - rather than letting it escalate on both sides, you get points for sincerity over obstinacy.
Because he has spent an academic lifetime studying that question, and recognizing the unique obstinacy of that word, in that you cannot pre-commit to define it despite some intuitive consensus on what it may mean.
Obstinacy definitions
the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
See also: stubbornness obstinance mulishness
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
See also: stubbornness bullheadedness obstinance pigheadedness self-will