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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