obstinacy

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑbstɪnəsi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒbstɪnəsi/

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Noun

obstinacy (countable and uncountable, plural obstinacies)

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

   • But whenever obstinacy, which is an open defiance, appears, that cannot be winked at, or neglected, but must, in the first instance, be subdued and mastered; only care must be had, that we mistake not ; and we must be sure it is obstinacy, and nothing else.

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