obstinacy
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ob·sti·na·cy
(ŏb′stə-nə-sē)n. pl. ob·sti·na·cies
1. The state or quality of being stubborn or refractory.
2. The act or an instance of being stubborn or refractory.
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obstinacy
(ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ) orobstinateness
n, pl -cies
1. the state or quality of being obstinate
2. an obstinate act, attitude, etc. Also (rare): pervicacity or pervicacy
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ob•sti•na•cy
(ˈɒb stə nə si)n., pl. -cies.
1. the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
2. an instance of being obstinate; an obstinate act, viewpoint, etc.
[1350–1400]
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Obstinacy
of buffaloes: a herd—Hare, 1939.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Obstinacy
deaf as an adder Obstinate refusal to listen; stubborn unwillingness to pay attention. The origin of this phrase lies in ancient Oriental folklore. An adder was thought to protect itself against the music of a snake charmer by blocking one ear with its tail while pressing the other ear to the ground. This belief was mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
(Psalms 58:4-5)
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Noun | 1. | ![]() intractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control |
2. | ![]() firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolve, firmness, resolution - the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" impenitence, impenitency - the trait of refusing to repent intransigence, intransigency - the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise |
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obstinacy
noun stubbornness, persistence, tenacity, perseverance, resolution, intransigence, firmness, single-mindedness, inflexibility, obduracy, doggedness, relentlessness, wilfulness, resoluteness, pig-headedness, pertinacity, tenaciousness, mulishness the obstinacy typical of his thoroughly awkward nature
flexibility, compliance, meekness, submissiveness, docility, cooperativeness, tractability
flexibility, compliance, meekness, submissiveness, docility, cooperativeness, tractability
Quotations
"Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good" [Thomas Browne Religio Medici]
"Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good" [Thomas Browne Religio Medici]
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obstinacy
noun1. The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding:
2. The quality or condition of being unruly:
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Translations
عَنادَه
stædighed
csökönyösségönfejűség
òrjóska
trma
inatçılık
obstinacy
[ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ] N [of person] → obstinación f, terquedad f; [of resistance] → tenacidad f; [of illness] → persistencia fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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obstinacy
n
(of person) → Hartnäckigkeit f, → Starrsinn m; his obstinacy in doing something → die Hartnäckigkeit, mit der er etw tut
(of illness, resistance) → Hartnäckigkeit f
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obstinate
(ˈobstinət) adjective refusing to yield, obey etc. She won't change her mind – she's very obstinate.
ˈobstinacy (-nəsi) nounˈobstinately adverb
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