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obduracy

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Synonyms & Antonyms of obduracy

a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

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

Synonyms for obduracy

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

Words Related to obduracy

anal-retentiveness,
perverseness,
perversity,
waywardness,
wrongheadedness

adamancy
(also adamance),
determination,
implacability,
inexorability,
inflexibility,
inveteracy,
perseverance,
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,
intractability,
obstreperousness,
rebelliousness,
recalcitrance,
recalcitrancy,
refractoriness,
unruliness

Near Antonyms for obduracy

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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