pig-headedness

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pig-headedness

[ˌpɪgˈhɛdɪdnɪs] n → caparbietà, testardaggine f

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He knows your character, Joseph, and is well acquainted with your pig-headedness and ignorance; and he knows my character, Joseph, and he knows my want of gratitoode.

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But Wenger is being dragged down by his own pig-headedness.

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Kodak's digital camera is an object lesson in corporate pig-headedness.

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With her stubborn nature and his pig-headedness the two snipe at each other and relentlessly bicker over the course of the franchise but always give in to their romantic feelings for each other in the end.

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But now Arsenal's anti-Wenger faction - no larger in number than the Wenger loyalists judging by the strange atmosphere at the Emirates on Saturday - are tired of stagnation under a oncegreat manager, whose idealism now smacks of pig-headedness.

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I promised not to let politicians send me into an apoplectic frenzy with their arrogance and pig-headedness - a vow which took some keeping after Corbyn got elected.

I really tried not to look back in anger

But at the moment egregious administration pig-headedness seems to be the order of the day.

No to opt-out cards, pig-headedness rules

Through sheer hard work, determination and pig-headedness of John, Phil Jones and the campaigning group we can expect 90% of our money.

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Only while they characterise coalition as selling out, not as finding a solution: while they mistake pig-headedness for principle, intolerance for integrity.

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Steph, who is raising money for the Rally4Life charity, added: "Hard work and sheer pig-headedness will take you a long way - that, and treating people with respect along the way.

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Projecting your own values and standards onto other people is the apex of intolerance and pig-headedness.

An awesome bit of sophistry

Much must have been to do with the vision and bravery, or perhaps the pig-headedness, of the RCP.