obstinacy

English

Pronunciation

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

obstinate +‎ -cy

Alternative forms

(proscribed) obstinance, obstinancy

Noun

obstinacy (countable and uncountable, plural obstinacies)

The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 44,
  "I don't know where," replied the girl.
  
  "Then I do," said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection.
- 1877, Leo Tolstoy (author), David Magarshack (translator), Anna Karenina, part 6, ch 12,
  His hand closed, he drew back, and his face assumed a still more stubborn expression.
  
  "For you it's a matter of obstinacy," she said, looking intently at him and suddenly finding the right word for the expression of his face which exasperated her so much.

Synonyms

conviction, insistence, recalcitrance, stubbornness, tenacity
See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Translations

state of stubbornness

Chinese:
Mandarin: 頑固 (zh), 顽固 (zh) (wángù)
Esperanto: obstineco, obstino
Finnish: itsepäisyys (fi), itsepintaisuus (fi)
French: entêtement (fr) m, obstination (fr) f
Galician: teima f, teimosía f, touñada f, piturra f, gurra f, tercura f
German: Sturheit (de) f, Eigensinn (de) m
Greek: πείσμα (el) n (peísma), ισχυρογνωμοσύνη (el) f (ischyrognomosýni), γινάτι (el) n (gináti)

Hungarian: csökönyösség (hu)
Japanese: 頑固 (ja) (がんこ, ganko), 意地 (ja) (いじ, iji)
Macedonian: твр́доглавост f (tvŕdoglavost), сво́еглавост f (svóeglavost), у́порност f (úpornost), и́нает m (ínaet)
Polish: upartość (pl) f
Romanian: încăpățânare (ro) f, obstinație (ro) f
Russian: упря́мство (ru) n (uprjámstvo), упо́рство (ru) n (upórstvo)
Spanish: testarudez f, porfía (es) f, terquedad (es) f, obstinación (es) f

See also

determination, perseverance

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