Obstinacy
Nouns
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obstinateness etc. adj.
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obstinacy, tenacity
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cussedness [U.S.]
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perseverance etc. Resolution.Existence
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immovability
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old school
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inflexibility etc. (hardness) Hardness
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obduracy, obduration
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dogged resolution
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resolution etc. Resolution
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ruling passion
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blind side. self-will, contumacy, perversity
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pervicacy, pervicacity
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indocility. bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism
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opiniatry, opiniativeness
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fixed idea etc. (prejudgment) Misjudgment
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fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania
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opinionatedness opinionativeness. mule
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opinionist, opinionatist, opiniator, opinator
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stickler, dogmatist
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bigot
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zealot, enthusiast, fanatic.
Verbs
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be obstinate etc. adj.
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stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts
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opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief
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have one's own way etc. (will) Will
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persist etc. (persevere) Resolution.Existence
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have the last word, insist on having the last word. die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out.
Adjectives
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obstinate, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate, casehardened
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inflexible etc. (hard) Hardness
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balky
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immovable, unshakable, not to be moved
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inert etc. Physical Inertness
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unchangeable etc. Stability
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inexorable etc. (determined) Resolution
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mulish, obstinate as a mule, pig-headed. dogged
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sullen, sulky
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unmoved, uninfluenced unaffected. willful, self-willed, perverse
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resty, restive, restiff
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pervicacious, wayward, refractory, unruly
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heady, headstrong
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contumacious
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crossgrained. arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted
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prejudiced etc. Misjudgment
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creed-bound
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prepossessed, infatuated
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stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted
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hard-mouthed, hidebound
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unyielding
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impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible
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unpersuadable
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intractable, untractable
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incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason
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crotchety etc. Caprice.