| Main Entry: | obstinacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
determination, obstinance, purpose, reluctance, tenacity |
| Concept: | Obstinacy. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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-nouns
obstinateness; obstinacy, tenacity; cussedness [U.S.]; perseverance; immovability; old school; inflexibility (hardness); obduracy, obduration; dogged resolution; resolution; ruling passion; blind side., self-will, contumacy, perversity; pervicacy, pervicacity; indocility., bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism; opiniatry, opintiveness; fixed idea (prejudgement); fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania; opinionatedness, opinionativeness., mule; optinionist, opinionatist, opiniator, opinator; stickler, dogmatist; bigot; zealot, enthusiast, fanatic.
-verbs
be obstinate; stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts; opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief; have one's own way (will) [more]; persist (persevere); have the last word, insist on having the last word., die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out.
-adjectives
obstinate, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate, casehardened; inflexible (hard); balky; immovable, not to be moved; inert; unchangeable; inexorable (determined); mulish, obstinate as a mule, pig-headed., dogged; sullen, sulky; unmoved, uninfluenced, unaffected., willful, self-willed, perverse; resty, restive, restiff; pervicacious, wayward, refractory, unruly; heady, headstrong; entete; contumacious; crossgrained., arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted; prejudiced; creed-bound; prepossessed, infatuated; stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted; hard-mouthed, hidebound; unyielding; impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible; unpersuadable; intractable, untractable; incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason; crotchety.
-adverbs
obstinately.
-phrases
non possumus; no surrender; ils n'ont rien appris, ni rien oublié [French: "They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing"].
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Antonyms: |
irresolution |
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| Main Entry: | decision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strength of mind or will |
Synonyms: |
backbone, decidedness, decisiveness, determination, doggedness, earnestness, firmness, fortitude, grit, iron will, obstinacy, obstinance, perseverance, persistence, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, seriousness, spine, stubbornness, volition, will, will power |
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indecision, indefiniteness, indetermination, procrastination, wavering |
| Main Entry: | determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perseverance |
Synonyms: |
assurance, backbone*, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, constancy, conviction, courage, dauntlessness, decision, dedication, doggedness, dogmatism, drive, energy, fearlessness, firm-ness, fortitude, grit, guts*, hardihood, heart*, independence, indomitability, intrepidity, nerve*, obstinacy, persistence, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, self-confidence, single-mindedness, spine, spunk*, steadfastness, stiff upper lip, stubbornness, tenacity, valor, willpower |
Antonyms: |
disinterest, doubt, hesitation, irresolution, spinelessness, vacillation |
| Main Entry: | fanaticism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overenthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, arbitrariness, bias, bigotry, contumacy, dedication, devotion, dogma, enthusiasm, extremism, faction, frenzy, hatred, illiberality, immoderation, incorrigibility, infatuation, injustice, intolerance, madness, monomania, obsessiveness, obstinacy, partiality, partisanship, passion, prejudice, rage, single-mindedness, stubbornness, superstition, tenacity, transport, unfairness, unreasonableness, unruliness, violence, willfulness, zeal, zealotry |
Antonyms: |
disinterest, impartiality, unenthusiasm |
| Main Entry: | firmness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resolution, resolve |
Synonyms: |
constancy, decidedness, decision, determination, fixedness, fixity, inflexibility, obduracy, obstinacy, purposefulness, purposiveness, staunchness, steadfastness, strength, strictness |
Antonyms: |
indefiniteness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | resolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determination, strong will |
Synonyms: |
aim, boldness, constancy, courage, dauntlessness, decidedness, decision, declaration, dedication, doggedness, earnestness, energy, firmness, fixed purpose, fortitude, guts*, heart*, immovability, intent, intention, judgment, mettle, moxie*, obstinacy, perseverance, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolve, settlement, sincerity, spirit, spunk, staunchness, staying power, steadfastness, stubbornness, tenacity, verdict, willpower |
Antonyms: |
compliance, indecision, weakness |
| Main Entry: | tenacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diligence, stubbornness |
Synonyms: |
application, backbone, chutzpah*, clock, courage, determination, doggedness, firmness, grit, guts*, gutsiness, guttiness, heart*, inflexibility, intestinal fortitude, intransigence, moxie*, nerve, obduracy, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, spunk, starch, staunchness, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness, stomach*, strength of purpose, true grit, what it takes, willfulness |
Antonyms: |
indifference, irresolution, slackness, weakness |
| Main Entry: | stubbornness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determination |
Synonyms: |
adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, doggedness, indomitability, inflexibility, mulishness, obduracy, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness |
Antonyms: |
amenability, flexibility, indetermination, irresolution |
| Main Entry: | disorderliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
Synonyms: |
fractiousness, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, roughness, rowdiness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unmanageableness, wildness |