obduracy

ob·du·ra·cy

noun
\ˈäb-də-rə-sē, -dyə-; äb-ˈdu̇r-ə-, əb-, -ˈdyu̇r-\

plural ob·du·ra·cies

Definition of OBDURACY

: the quality or state of being obdurate

Examples of OBDURACY

1. <the administrator was known for her unyielding obduracy even in the face of proof that she was wrong>

First Known Use of OBDURACY

1597

Related to OBDURACY

Synonyms: bullheadedness, doggedness, hardheadedness, intransigence, mulishness, obstinacy, obdurateness, obstinateness, opinionatedness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pigheadedness, self-opinionatedness, self-will, stubbornness, willfulness

Related Words: anal-retentiveness, perverseness, perversity, waywardness, wrongheadedness; adamancy (also adamance), determination, implacability, inexorability, inflexibility, inveteracy, perseverence, persistence, persistency, relentlessness, resolve, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stick-to-itiveness, tenaciousness, tenacity; firmness, hardness, rigor, rigorousness, sternness, strictness; narrow-mindedness, rigidity, rigidness; bloody-mindedness [chiefly British], cantankerousness, contrariness, cussedness; balkiness, contumacy, defiance, disobedience, frowardness, immovability, immovableness, insubordination, intractibility, obstreperousness, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, unruliness

Near Antonyms: broad-mindedness, open-mindedness, reasonability, reasonableness, receptiveness, receptivity; acceptance, acquiescence, flexibility, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness; compliance, docility, obedience, subordinateness, subordination; submission, surrender, willingness, yielding; slavishness, subservience, subserviency

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