obstinacy

Roget category 606

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#606. Obstinacy

noun

obstinateness etc. adj. — obstinacy, tenacity — cussedness [U.S.] — perseverance etc. 604.1; immovability — old school — inflexibility etc. (hardness) 323 — obduracy, obduration^† — dogged resolution — resolution etc. 604 — ruling passion — blind side.
self-will, contumacy, perversity — pervicacy^†, pervicacity^† — indocility^†.
bigotry, intolerance, dogmatism — opiniatry^†, opiniativeness — fixed idea etc. (prejudgment) 481 — fanaticism, zealotry, infatuation, monomania — opinionatedness opinionativeness^†.
mule — opinionist^†, opinionatist^†, opiniator^†, opinator^† — stickler, dogmatist — bigot — zealot, enthusiast, fanatic.

verb

be obstinate etc. adj. — stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts — opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief — have one's own way etc. (will) 600 — persist etc. (persevere) 604.1; have the last word, insist on having the last word.
die hard, fight against destiny, not yield an inch, stand out.

adjective

obstinate, tenacious, stubborn, obdurate, casehardened — inflexible etc. (hard) 323 — balky — immovable, unshakable, not to be moved — inert etc. 172 — unchangeable etc. 150 — inexorable etc. (determined) 604 — mulish, obstinate as a mule, pig-headed.
dogged — sullen, sulky — unmoved, uninfluenced unaffected.
willful, self-willed, perverse — resty^†, restive, restiff^† — pervicacious^†, wayward, refractory, unruly — heady, headstrong — entete [Fr.] — contumacious — crossgrained^†.
arbitrary, dogmatic, positive, bigoted — prejudiced etc. 481 — creed-bound — prepossessed, infatuated — stiff-backed, stiff necked, stiff hearted — hard-mouthed, hidebound — unyielding — impervious, impracticable, inpersuasible^† — unpersuadable — intractable, untractable^† — incorrigible, deaf to advice, impervious to reason — crotchety etc. 608.

adverb

obstinately etc. adj..

phrase

non possumus [Lat.] — no surrender — ils n'ont rien appris ne rien oublie [Fr.].

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