obstinacy
the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
unyielding or stubborn adherence to one's purpose, opinion, etc.
Origin of obstinacy
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How to use obstinacy in a sentence
Something about this year’s negotiation has reinvigorated an obstinacy that used to define these negotiations every five years.
No, to find obstinacy like this, you have to go back, yes, to the pre-Civil War era.
What’s Really Obstructing Obamacare? GOP Resisters | Michael Tomasky | November 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST"This is foolishness," Reid said after the vote of the continued obstinacy.
We need your opposition, your obstinacy rather than a united Europe.
German Newspaper Tells Britain To Stay in EU Because They Love The Royals | Tom Sykes | January 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd it makes the pettiness and obstinacy on display in the U.S. over these negotiations all the more unseemly.
Fiscal Cliff Stalemate Needs Two-Party Solution | Daniel Gross | December 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
He could start this week by telling Republicans, hey, gang, let's drop the unceasing obstinacy.
This unreasoning, feminine obstinacy so wrought upon him that he permitted himself a smile and a lapse into irony and banter.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniYou fancied, perhaps, I would stand haggling with you all night, and yield at last to your obstinacy.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuA glorious vision, in which the prophet's lips are cleansed: he foretelleth the obstinacy of the Jews.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousShe has an obstinacy and a perseverance in sticking at you that drive you almost wild, but make you learn "lots" in the end.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayHe reproaches the Jews for their obstinacy: he will deliver them out of their captivity, for his own name's sake.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for obstinacy
/ (ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ) /
the state or quality of being obstinate
an obstinate act, attitude, etc
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