obstinacy
noun/ˈɑbstɪnəsi/US/ˈɒbstɪnəsi/UK
Etymology
From obstinate + -cy.
- derived from obstinātus
- inherited from obstinat
Definitions
The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
- He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.
- "I don't know where," replied the girl. "Then I do," said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection.
A group of bison
A group of bison; the collective noun for bison.
The neighborhood
- synonymconviction
- synonyminsistence
- synonymrecalcitrance
- synonymstubbornness
- synonymtenacity
- synonymobstinacy
- synonymdoggedness
- synonympertinacity
- synonymself-will
- synonymresolve
- synonymtemerity
- synonymvehemence
- neighbordetermination
- neighborperseverance
- neighborpersistence
- neighborresolution
- neighborsteadfastness
- neighborsticktoitiveness
- neighbormumpsimus
- neighborobstinate
- neighborpersevere
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for obstinacy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA