obstinance

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The determined obstinance does a bit, but no worries.

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the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

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The clearest senses and uses of obstinance gathered in one view.

noun

the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

noun

resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for obstinance.

noun

the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

See also: stubbornness, obstinacy, mulishness

noun

resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

Example sentences

The determined obstinance does a bit, but no worries.

Because of planned obstinance at a software level.

They thought that through denial and obstinance they could force the world to be a nice, pleasant reality.

That doesn’t mean you never get to complain about the obstinance of the Elbonians, just keep it light.

Yet modern politics seems to treat any amount of disagreement as a solemn oath of obstinance.

They wouldn't have minded Trump's obstinance when the only victim was the other team, but his failing to address reality in the face of a shared crisis is a completely different beast.

" You, personally, therefore have no reason, other than obstinance, to think you have some relation between the amount of energy released from a fusion reaction and the energy necessary to create the conditions for fusion.

Reading texts around the early responses to the Great Depression you get a sense of a great dissatisfaction with the status quo, and that advocates of both fascist and of communist policies thought their biggest threat was the obstinance of the status quo rather than revolutionary change in the "wrong" direction.