Obstinacy

/ˈɒbstɪnəsi/

/ˈɑbstənəsi/

[noun]

Obstinacy

[NOUN]

the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

synonyms : mulishness

obstinance

stubbornness

resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

synonyms : bullheadedness

Examples

1. Franz Josef may not have realized it, but his obstinacy had just doomed them all.

2. Which obstinacy is increased by the confidence and the love either of the Captain or of the Country.

3. Despite his obstinacy, the Turks had grown fond of the teenager.

4. From the lower part of the face he appeared to be a man of strong character, with a thick, hanging lip, and a long, straight chin suggestive of resolution pushed to the length of obstinacy.