Definition for Obstinacy:

• The state or quality of being unyielding or difficult to control; as, the obstinacy of a fever; unreasonable determination to have one's own way; stubbornness.

Synonyms for Obstinacy:

• n.

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  • conservatism,
  • tunnel vision,
  • reaction,
  • intolerance.
  •
  • resist.
  •
  • control,
  • peace,
  • order,
  • intractability.
  •bullheadedness (noun)
  • bullheadedness.
  •decision (noun)
  • iron wills,
  • will powers,
  • re solve,
  • purposivenesses,
  • re-solve,
  • re solves,
  • re-solves,
  • obstinances.
  •defiance (noun)
  • boldness,
  • audacity,
  • contravention,
  • insurgency,
  • dissent,
  • insubordination,
  • dissension,
  • temerity,
  • recalcitrance,
  • affront,
  • attack,
  • insolence.
  •determination (noun)
  • firm ness,
  • firm nesses,
  • single mindednesses,
  • in-dependence,
  • indomitabilities,
  • single-mindednesses,
  • in dependence,
  • dogmatisms,
  • de termination,
  • de-termination,
  • single mindedness,
  • de terminations,
  • firm-nesses,
  • singlemindednesses,
  • stiff upper lips,
  • de-terminations,
  • selfconfidence,
  • in-dependences,
  • in dependences,
  • self confidence.
  •disorderliness (noun)
  • dis-orderliness,
  • wildnesses,
  • un-manageablenesses,
  • un-manageableness,
  • un manageableness,
  • dis orderliness,
  • dis-orderlinesses,
  • unmanageablenesses,
  • dis orderlinesses,
  • rowdinesses,
  • un manageablenesses.
  •fanaticism (noun)
  • illiberality,
  • monomania,
  • injustice,
  • obsessiveness,
  • Incorrigibility,
  • illiberalities,
  • violence,
  • immoderation,
  • zealotry,
  • partiality,
  • dogma,
  • arbitrariness,
  • in justice,
  • extremism.
  •firmness (noun)
  • fixednesses,
  • staunchnesses.
  •perseverance (noun)
  • determination.
  •pigheadedness (noun)
  • pigheadedness.
  •resolution (noun)
  • immovability,
  • immovabilities,
  • fixed purpose.
  •self-will (noun)
  • self-will.
  •stubbornness (noun)
  • purpose,
  • reluctance.
  •sullenness (noun)
  • gloominess,
  • grimness,
  • dourness,
  • surliness,
  • glumness,
  • meanness,
  • dejection,
  • crabbiness,
  • fretfulness,
  • moroseness,
  • melancholy,
  • malevolence,
  • cynicism,
  • grumpiness,
  • irascibility,
  • darkness,
  • grouchiness,
  • moodiness,
  • cantankerousness,
  • crossness,
  • sulkiness,
  • hostility,
  • sullenness,
  • long-facedness,
  • petulance,
  • sourness,
  • unfriendliness.
  •tenacity (noun)
  • persistency,
  • strength,
  • viscidity,
  • doggedness,
  • steadfastness,
  • hardness,
  • stiffness.
  •uncontrollability (noun)
  • un controllabilities,
  • un-controllability,
  • un-controllabilities,
  • un controllability.
  •uncontrollableness (noun)
  • un controllableness,
  • un-controllablenesses,
  • un-controllableness,
  • un controllablenesses.
  •ungovernableness (noun)
  • un governableness,
  • un-governableness,
  • un-governablenesses,
  • un governablenesses.
  •unmanageability (noun)
  • un manageabilities,
  • un-manageability,
  • un-manageabilities,
  • un manageability.
  •untowardness (noun)
  • un towardnesses,
  • un-towardness,
  • un towardness,
  • un-towardnesses.
  •unwillingness (noun)
  • disinclination,
  • distaste,
  • contrariness,
  • balkiness,
  • repugnance,
  • Repellency,
  • unwillingness,
  • noncooperation,
  • Averseness.

• Other synonyms:

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  • perverseness,
  • ungovernableness,
  • willfulness,
  • intractableness,
  • obstinateness,
  • Indocility,
  • stubborn streak,
  • fractiousness,
  • obstreperousness,
  • perversity,
  • provincialism,
  • uncontrollability,
  • tenaciousness,
  • pertinaciousness,
  • refractoriness,
  • unmanageability,
  • pertinacity.
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  • recalcitrancy,
  • untowardness.
  •
  • disorderliness.
  •dissent
  • nonconformity.
  •rigidity
  • rigor.

Paraphrases for Obstinacy:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stubbornness.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    intransigence, tenacity, persistence, insistence, perseverance, determination, inflexibility, obsession, steadfastness.

Antonyms for Obstinacy:

• n.

  • stubbornness
    irresolution.
  • Other antonyms:
    pliability, pliancy, receptivity, docility, subordinateness, Subserviency, receptiveness, flexibility, reasonability, surrender, acquiescence, open-mindedness, pliantness, yielding, acceptance, slavishness, subservience, broad-mindedness, pliableness, reasonableness, willingness.

Obstinacy Sentence Examples:

• Passion and obstinacy, which were called in to aid injustice, have had their reign, and can support you no longer.

• This obstinacy was very annoying.