Definition for

obstinacy


noun – The character or condition of being obstinate; pertinacions adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of conduct, whether right or wrong, and in spite of argument or entreaty; a fixedness, and generally an unreasonable fixedness, of opinion or resolution, that cannot be shaken; stubbornness; pertinacity.

noun – An unyielding character or quality; continued resistance to the operation of remedies or to palliative measures: as, the obstinacy of a fever or of a cold.

noun – 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.

noun – The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue.

noun – The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

noun – the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

noun – resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

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