obstinacy

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
2. (collective, countable) A group of bison; the collective noun for bison.

Synonyms

stubbornness

persistence

willfulness

self-will

perseverance

pertinacity

obduracy

obstinance

mulishness

unyieldingness

wilfulness

pigheadedness

perverseness

insistence

perversity

obdurateness

tenacity

eccentricity

opinionatedness

contrariness

refractoriness

determination

importunity

bigotry

contumacy

wrongheadedness

doggedness

capriciousness

whim

egotism

disobedience

spite

bullheadedness

importunate

defiance

impetuousness

ill nature

cussedness

headiness

hastiness

conviction

naughtiness

for

bias

arrogance

misconduct

laugh

😆

noncompliance

just for fun

ear

👂

Translations

obstination

cocciutaggine

ostinazione

entêtement

Eigensinn

Starrsinn

obstinación

opiniâtreté

Hartnäckigkeit

testardaggine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑbstɪnəsi/

Etymology

From obstinate + -cy.