noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness. countable, uncountable

   "He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity."

2. 2
   resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires wordnet
3. 3
   A group of bison; the collective noun for bison. collective, countable
4. 4
   the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

pigheadednessself-willstubbornnessstubbornnessadhesivenessantagonism

Example

More examples

"Miss Wang has a trace of obstinacy in her, but she is still a good student."

Etymology

From obstinate + -cy.

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