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Synonyms for obstinacy
noun stubbornness

reluctance
determination

purpose
tenacity

obstinance

Antonyms for obstinacy

irresolution

Concept Thesaurus for word obstinacy
1. Acts of volition
Synonyms – noun

obstinateness
perseverance
obduracy
ruling passion
perversity
bigotry
opintiveness
infatuation
mule
opinator
zealot

obstinacy
immovability
obduration
blind side.
pervicacy
intolerance
fixed idea (prejudgement)
monomania
optinionist
stickler
enthusiast

tenacity
old school
dogged resolution
self-will
pervicacity
dogmatism
fanaticism
opinionatedness
opinionatist
dogmatist
fanatic.

cussedness [U.S.]
inflexibility (hardness)
resolution
contumacy
indocility.
opiniatry
zealotry
opinionativeness.
opiniator
bigot

Synonyms – verbs

be obstinate
opinionate
persist (persevere)
fight against destiny

stickle
be wedded to an opinion
have the last word
not yield an inch

take no denial
hug a belief
insist on having the last word.
stand out.

fly in the face of facts
have one’s own way (will)[more]
die hard

Synonyms – adjectives

obstinate
casehardened
not to be moved
mulish
sullen
unaffected.
resty
wayward
headstrong
arbitrary
prejudiced
stiff-backed
hidebound
inpersuasible
incorrigible

tenacious
inflexible (hard)
inert
obstinate as a mule
sulky
willful
restive
refractory
entete
dogmatic
creed-bound
stiff necked
unyielding
unpersuadable
deaf to advice

stubborn
balky
unchangeable
pig-headed.
unmoved
self-willed
restiff
unruly
contumacious
positive
prepossessed
stiff hearted
impervious
intractable
impervious to reason

obdurate
immovable
inexorable (determined)
dogged
uninfluenced
perverse
pervicacious
heady
crossgrained.
bigoted
infatuated
hard-mouthed
impracticable
untractable
crotchety

Synonyms – phrases
non possumus; no surrender; ils n’ont rien appris, ni rien oublié [French: “They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing”].
Antonyms

irresolution

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