obstinacy

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) or

obstinateness

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.

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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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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	obstinacy - the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome mulishness, obstinance, stubbornness intractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control
	2.	obstinacy - resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires bullheadedness, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness, obstinance 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

Quotations
"Obstinacy in a bad cause, is but constancy in a good" [Thomas Browne Religio Medici]

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obstinacy

noun

1. The quality or state of being stubbornly unyielding:

bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, mulishness, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness.

2. The quality or condition of being unruly:

disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness.

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Translations

عَنادَه

stædighed

EiegnsinnEigensinnStarrsinnSturheit

obstinaciónporfíaterquedadtestarudez

obstinationopiniâtreté

csökönyösségönfejűség

òrjóska

ostinazionecocciutaggine

steilhetstrihet

норовсвоеволие

trma

inatçılık

固执

obstinacy

[ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ] N [of person] → obstinación f, terquedad f; [of resistance] → tenacidad f; [of illness] → persistencia f

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obstinacy

[ˈɒbstɪnəsi] n → obstination f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

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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obstinacy

[ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ] n → ostinazione f

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obstinate

(ˈobstinət) adjective

refusing to yield, obey etc. She won't change her mind – she's very obstinate. hardkoppig, halsstarrig, eiewys عَنيد упорит obstinado zatvrzelý eigensinnig stædig πεισματάρηςterco, obstinado kangekaelne لجباز؛ یک دنده itsepäinen obstinéעקשן हठीला, जिद्दी svojeglav, uporan makacs keras kepala þrár ostinato 頑固な 완고한 užsispyręs, atkaklus stūrgalvīgs; ietiepīgs keras kepala koppighardnakket, steil, striuparty كله شخ obstinado încăpăţânat упрямый tvrdohlavý trmast tvrdoglav envis, obstinat ดื้อดึง inatçı 固執的，倔強的 впертий, наполегливий اکھڑ، سرکش bướng bỉnh 固执的，倔强的

ˈobstinacy (-nəsi) noun

hardkoppigheid, halsstarrigheid, eiewysheid عَنادَه упорство obstinação tvrdohlavost der Eigensinn stædighed πείσμαobstinación, terquedad, testarudez kangekaelsus لجاجت itsepäisyys obstinationעקשנות ‍िजद, हठ, दुराग्रह svojeglavost, upornost önfejűség, makacsság kekeraskepalaan þrjóska ostinatezza, ostinazione 頑固 완고함 užsispyrimas stūrgalvība; ietiepība kedegilan koppigheidsteilhet, strihetupór سرسختى obstinação încăpăţânare упрямство tvrdohlavosť trma tvrdoglavost envishet ความดื้อ inatçılık 固執 впертість; завзятість سرکشي tính bướng bỉnh 固执

ˈobstinately adverb

hardkoppige, halsstarrige, eiewyse بِعنادَه упоритост obstinadamente umíněně eigensinnig stædigt πεισματάρικα obstinadamente jonnakalt لجبازانه itsepäisesti obstinément בְעַקשָנוּת हठी, दुराग्रहता svojeglavo, uporno csökönyösen dengan keras kepala þrjóskulega ostinatamente 頑固に 완고하게 atkakliai stūrgalvīgi; ietiepīgi dgn degil koppighardnakket, steilt, stritt uparcie په سرسختى obstinadamente cu încăpăţânare упрямо; упорно tvrdohlavo trmasto tvrdoglavo envist อย่างดื้อรั้น inat(çılık)la 固執地 вперто سرکشي سے một cách khó bảo 固执地

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