Stubbornness
['stʌbɚnnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
(noun.) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome.
Editor: Vanessa--From WordNet
Examples
- I was wrong to attempt to deceive you; but I feared a stubbornness that exists in your character. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The worst thing about stubbornness of mind, about prejudices, is that they arrest development; they shut the mind off from new stimuli. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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