Obstinacy
['ɒbstɪnəsɪ] or ['ɑbstənəsi]
Definition
(n.) A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.
(n.) The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.
Editor: Mervin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Stubbornness, doggedness, heartiness, wilfulness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity, persistency, pig-headedness.
Edited by Andrea
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See OBSTINATE]
Typist: Sophie
Examples
- The two doctors took offence at my obstinacy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The devil, that possessed her race with obstinacy, has concentrated its full force in her single person! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Of all this the people are well apprised, and understand how far to carry their obstinacy, where their liberty or property is concerned. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Sir Percival would only take counsel of his own violence, his own obstinacy, and his own hatred of you. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Anyhow, with whitewash from the wall on my forehead, my obstinacy was adamantine. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Rosamond had that victorious obstinacy which never wastes its energy in impetuous resistance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It roused his obstinacy, and he stood up against it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Will you excuse my obstinacy if I still venture to press it? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- By perpetuating the consequences of his ignorant and blind obstinacy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Obstinacy may be mere animal inertia and insensitiveness. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The gamekeepers were more enraged than their lord by my obstinacy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mammy has a kind of obstinacy about her, in spots, that everybody don't see as I do. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I don't understand you, yet,' said Bounderby, with determined obstinacy, 'and therefore I won't make any promises. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She has obstinacy and pride enough to serve instead of love, now she has married him, said Will to himself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checker: Zachariah