OBSTINACY
stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will
(noun) resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness
(noun) the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
obstinacy (countable and uncountable, plural obstinacies)
The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
Synonyms
• conviction, insistence, recalcitrance, stubbornness, tenacity
• See also obstinacy
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"sti*na*cy, n. Etym: [See Obstinate.]
1. A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken
at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable
adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition;
stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.
You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract.
Shak.
To shelter their ignorance, or obstinacy, under the obscurity of
their terms. Locke.
2. The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or
subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.
Syn.
– Pertinacity; firmness; resoluteness; inflexibility; persistency;
stubbornness; perverseness; contumacy.
– Obstinacy, Pertinacity. Pertinacity denotes great firmness in
holding to a thing, aim, etc. Obstinacy is great firmness in holding
out against persuasion, attack, etc. The former consists in
adherence, the latter in resistance. An opinion is advocated with
pertinacity or defended with obstinacy. Pertinacity is often used in
a good sense; obstinacy generally in a bad one. "In this reply was
included a very gross mistake, and if with pertinacity maintained, a
capital error." Sir T. Browne. "Every degree of obstinacy in youth is
one step to rebellion." South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition