obstinacy

Meaning of obstinacy

noun
  1. the quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness.
    his reputation for obstinacy

Information about obstinacy

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of obstinacy is: obstinacies.
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Hyphenation of obstinacy

ob-sti-nacy

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • obstinacy is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

obstinacy synonyms

Meaning stubbornness:

stubbornness, obstinance, mulishness, bullheadedness, pigheadedness

Meaning unwillingness to change or compromise:

inflexibility

Meaning refusal to change one's views or to agree about something:

intransigence

Meaning a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness:

perversity

Meaning inability to move easily and without pain:

stiffness

Meaning inability to be to bent or be forced out of shape:

rigidity

Meaning the fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition:

persistence

Meaning the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip:

tenacity

Meaning the quality of having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure:

firmness

Meaning the quality of being resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering:

steadfastness

Meaning the quality of being determined; firmness of purpose:

determination

Meaning stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially disobedience to a court order or summons:

contumacy

Words that rhyme with obstinacy

ecumenacy, tenacy, Ignacy, oppugnacy, determinacy, effeminacy, feminacy, impertinacy, indeterminacy, inordinacy, nondeterminacy, squinacy, subordinacy, alternacy, importunacy, lunacy

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