Obstinacy
noun
The quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness.
Despite his mother's pleas, John showed obstinacy in refusing to clean his room.
Often appears as...
- show obstinacy
- obstinacy in refusing
noun
The act or instance of being stubbornly disregarded or rejected.
The obstinacy of his comment made everyone in the meeting uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- obstinacy of comment
- note the obstinacy
noun
The quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness.
Despite his mother's pleas, John showed obstinacy in refusing to clean his room.
Often appears as...
- show obstinacy
- obstinacy in refusing
noun
The act or instance of being stubbornly disregarded or rejected.
The obstinacy of his comment made everyone in the meeting uncomfortable.
Often appears as...
- obstinacy of comment
- note the obstinacy
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a judgmental view of someone's refusal to change or compromise.
Her obstinacy in negotiations resulted in a standoff.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Charge
Can suggest frustration or disapproval when describing someone's actions.
His obstinacy left his friends feeling exasperated.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Quality
Sometimes seen as a character trait, which might be admired or criticized depending on context.
Her obstinacy was actually key to her success.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a judgmental view of someone's refusal to change or compromise.
Her obstinacy in negotiations resulted in a standoff.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Charge
Can suggest frustration or disapproval when describing someone's actions.
His obstinacy left his friends feeling exasperated.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Quality
Sometimes seen as a character trait, which might be admired or criticized depending on context.
Her obstinacy was actually key to her success.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Often implies a judgmental view of someone's refusal to change or compromise.
Her obstinacy in negotiations resulted in a standoff.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Charge
Can suggest frustration or disapproval when describing someone's actions.
His obstinacy left his friends feeling exasperated.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Quality
Sometimes seen as a character trait, which might be admired or criticized depending on context.
Her obstinacy was actually key to her success.
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Video examples
4 Lessons in Creativity...
I admired his passionate obstinacy, his determination to push through all the bureaucratic red tape to get to work, and he laughed, and he said, "I'm stubborn, but I think what's more important is my passionate optimism."
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
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Video examples
4 Lessons in Creativity...
I admired his passionate obstinacy, his determination to push through all the bureaucratic red tape to get to work, and he laughed, and he said, "I'm stubborn, but I think what's more important is my passionate optimism."
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
depositing some popcorn okay very obstinacy deposit he may cool
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Quote examples
Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
I invite you, citizens, to open your eyes and to give serious attention to the future. Reflect on the disasters which may ensue from longer obstinacy. Submit to lawful authority, if you wish to preserve the South untouched. Save your families and your property.
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Craig Brown
English Critic
Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.
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Philip Roth
American Novelist
Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.
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Robert Peel
English Leader
Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
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Man Ray
American Photographer
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Thomas Browne
British Scientist
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
Quote examples
Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
I invite you, citizens, to open your eyes and to give serious attention to the future. Reflect on the disasters which may ensue from longer obstinacy. Submit to lawful authority, if you wish to preserve the South untouched. Save your families and your property.
Quote examples
Craig Brown
English Critic
Like the periwig and the bowler hat, the plus-four and the bow-tie, the blazer is on the way out, and those who persist in wearing it do so with a smattering of self-consciousness, a touch of obstinacy, even a pinch of camp.
Quote examples
Philip Roth
American Novelist
Writing, for me, was a feat of self-preservation. If I did not do it, I would die. So I did it. Obstinacy, not talent, saved my life.
Quote examples
Robert Peel
English Leader
Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
American Author
The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
Quote examples
Laurence Sterne
Irish Novelist
Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.
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Arthur Schopenhauer
German Philosopher
Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.
Quote examples
Man Ray
American Photographer
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Thomas Browne
British Scientist
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
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