obstinacy
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obstinacy
- /ˈɑbstɪnəsi/ US
- /ˈɒbstɪnəsi/ UK
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From obstinate + -cy.
noun obstinacies · obstinance · obstinancy
- The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness. He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.
- A group or herd of bison or buffalo. When the obstinacy of buffalo, which usually numbers between fifty and five hundred, is searching for food and water, the pathfinders, as the experienced cows are called, lead them to their destinations.
Similar: conviction, insistence, recalcitrance, stubbornness, tenacity, obstinacy, doggedness, pertinacity, self-will, resolve, temerity, vehemence, intransigence, pigheadedness
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noun
Similar: conviction, insistence, recalcitrance, stubbornness, tenacity, obstinacy, doggedness, pertinacity, self-will, resolve, temerity, vehemence, intransigence, pigheadedness
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noun state of stubbornness
| Español | testarudez, porfía, terquedad, obstinación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 완고 wan'go |
| 日本語 | 頑固 ganko, 意地 iji |
| 中文 | 頑固 /顽固 wángù |
| हिन्दी | हठ haṭh, हठधर्मिता haṭhdharmitā, ज़िद zid |
| Português | obstinação |
| Français | entêtement, obstination |
| Deutsch | Sturheit, Eigensinn |
| Italiano | testardaggine, ostinazione |
| Ελληνικά | πείσμα peísma, ισχυρογνωμοσύνη ischyrognomosýni, γινάτι gináti |
| Română | încăpățânare, obstinație |
| Русский | упря́мство uprjámstvo, упо́рство upórstvo, твердоло́бость tverdolóbostʹ, упёртость upjórtostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sự ngoan cố, sự cố chấp |
| العربية | عِنَاد ʕinād |
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title = {obstinacy},
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