obstinacy 音标拼音: ['ɑbstənəsi]
n . 倔强,顽固,固执
倔强,顽固,固执
obstinacy n 1 :
the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [
synonym :
{
stubbornness }, {
obstinacy }, {
obstinance }, {
mulishness }]
2 :
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [
synonym :
{
stubbornness }, {
bullheadedness }, {
obstinacy }, {
obstinance },
{
pigheadedness }, {
self -
will }]
Obstinacy \
Ob "
sti *
na *
cy \,
n . [
See {
Obstinate }.]
1 .
A fixedness in will ,
opinion ,
or resolution that can not be shaken at all ,
or only with great difficulty ;
firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion ,
purpose ,
or system ;
unyielding disposition ;
stubborness ;
pertinacity ;
persistency ;
contumacy .
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1913 Webster ]
You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
To shelter their ignorance ,
or obstinacy ,
under the obscurity of their terms . --
Locke .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The quality or state of being difficult to remedy ,
relieve ,
or subdue ;
as ,
the obstinacy of a disease or evil .
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Pertinacity ;
firmness ;
resoluteness ;
inflexibility ;
persistency ;
stubbornness ;
perverseness ;
contumacy .
Usage : {
Obstinacy }, {
Pertinacity }.
Pertinacity denotes great firmness in holding to a thing ,
aim ,
etc .
Obstinacy is great firmness in holding out against persuasion ,
attack ,
etc .
The former consists in adherence ,
the latter in resistance .
An opinion is advocated with pertinacity or defended with obstinacy .
Pertinacity is often used in a good sense ;
obstinacy generally in a bad one . "
In this reply was included a very gross mistake ,
and if with pertinacity maintained ,
a capital error ." --
Sir T .
Browne . "
Every degree of obstinacy in youth is one step to rebellion ." --
South .
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1913 Webster ]
247 Moby Thesaurus words for "
obstinacy ":
adhesiveness ,
antagonism ,
antipathy ,
application ,
assiduity ,
assiduousness ,
averseness ,
aversion ,
backwardness ,
bad blood ,
bloody -
mindedness ,
bulldog tenacity ,
bullheadedness ,
cantankerousness ,
challenge ,
clashing ,
cohesiveness ,
collision ,
combative reaction ,
commitment ,
competition ,
complaint ,
concentration ,
conflict ,
consistency ,
constancy ,
contrariety ,
contrariness ,
contumaciousness ,
contumacy ,
counteraction ,
cross -
purposes ,
cursoriness ,
decidedness ,
decision ,
decisiveness ,
dedication ,
defiance ,
defiance of authority ,
definiteness ,
demur ,
determinateness ,
determination ,
determinedness ,
devotion ,
diligence ,
disaccord ,
disagreement ,
disinclination ,
disobedience ,
dispute ,
disrelish ,
dissension ,
dissent ,
dissentience ,
distaste ,
dogged perseverance ,
doggedness ,
earnestness ,
endurance ,
energy ,
engrossment ,
enmity ,
fidelity ,
firmness ,
fixedness ,
foot -
dragging ,
force ,
fortitude ,
fractiousness ,
friction ,
frowardness ,
fundamentalism ,
gluiness ,
glutinosity ,
grudging consent ,
grudgingness ,
gumminess ,
guts ,
gutsiness ,
hardiness ,
hardness ,
heartiness ,
hostility ,
imperviousness ,
impliability ,
indefatigability ,
indisposedness ,
indisposition ,
indocility ,
industriousness ,
industry ,
inexorability ,
inflexibility ,
inimicalness ,
insistence ,
insistency ,
intestinal fortitude ,
intractability ,
intractableness ,
intransigence ,
lack of enthusiasm ,
lack of zeal ,
loyalty ,
lustihood ,
lustiness ,
might ,
mightiness ,
mulishness ,
mutinousness ,
negativeness ,
negativism ,
nolition ,
noncooperation ,
obduracy ,
obdurateness ,
objection ,
obstinateness ,
obstreperousness ,
opposition ,
oppugnancy ,
orneriness ,
orthodoxy ,
passive resistance ,
patience ,
patience of Job ,
perfunctoriness ,
permanence ,
perseverance ,
persistence ,
persistency ,
pertinaciousness ,
pertinacity ,
perverseness ,
perversity ,
pigheadedness ,
plodding ,
plugging ,
potency ,
power ,
powerfulness ,
precisianism ,
preoccupation ,
protest ,
purism ,
puritanism ,
purpose ,
purposefulness ,
reaction ,
rebelliousness ,
rebuff ,
recalcitrance ,
recalcitrancy ,
recalcitration ,
refractoriness ,
refusal ,
relentlessness ,
reluctance ,
remonstrance ,
renitence ,
renitency ,
repellence ,
repellency ,
repugnance ,
repulse ,
repulsion ,
resistance ,
resoluteness ,
resolution ,
resolve ,
resolvedness ,
restiveness ,
retention ,
revolt ,
rigidity ,
rigidness ,
rigor ,
rigorousness ,
rivalry ,
robustness ,
ruggedness ,
sedulity ,
sedulousness ,
self -
will ,
seriousness ,
sincerity ,
single -
mindedness ,
singleness of purpose ,
slogging ,
slowness ,
snugness ,
stability ,
stalwartness ,
stamina ,
stand ,
staying power ,
steadfastness ,
steadiness ,
stick -
to -
itiveness ,
stickiness ,
sticking power ,
stiffness ,
stolidity ,
stoutness ,
strength ,
strength of will ,
stubbornness ,
sturdiness ,
sulk ,
sulkiness ,
sulks ,
sullenness ,
tackiness ,
tenaciousness ,
tenacity ,
tightness ,
tirelessness ,
total commitment ,
toughness ,
unbendingness ,
uncompromisingness ,
uncooperativeness ,
unenthusiasm ,
unimpressionability ,
uninfluenceability ,
unmovability ,
unpersuadability ,
unreceptiveness ,
unrelentingness ,
unremittingness ,
unresponsiveness ,
unruliness ,
unsuggestibility ,
unsusceptibility ,
unswayableness ,
unswerving attention ,
unwillingness ,
unyieldingness ,
vigor ,
vigorousness ,
viscidity ,
viscosity ,
vitality ,
vying ,
wildness ,
will ,
withstanding
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