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
20k
persistence
22k
willfulness
self-will
perseverance
21k
pertinacity
obduracy
obstinance
mulishness
unyieldingness
wilfulness
pigheadedness
perverseness
insistence
26k
perversity
obdurateness
tenacity
24k
eccentricity
opinionatedness
contrariness
refractoriness
determination
C1
importunity
bigotry
33k
contumacy
wrongheadedness
doggedness
capriciousness
whim
C2
egotism
disobedience
22k
spite
C1
bullheadedness
importunate
defiance
C2
impetuousness

ill nature

cussedness
headiness
hastiness
conviction
C1
naughtiness
for
A1
bias
C2
arrogance
C2
misconduct
C2
laugh
A2
😆
noncompliance

just for fun

ear
B1
👂
Translations

obstination
entêtement
cocciutaggine
ostinazione
Eigensinn
Starrsinn
obstinación
opiniâtreté
Hartnäckigkeit
testardaggine
terquedad
Sturheit

obstinação

Halsstarrigkeit
Frequency

40k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑbstɪnəsi/
Etymology

From obstinate + -cy.

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