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Definition of Stubbornness
1. Noun. The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome.
Generic synonyms: Intractability, Intractableness
Derivative terms: Stubborn, Stubborn
2. Noun. Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.
Generic synonyms: Firmness, Firmness Of Purpose, Resoluteness, Resolution, Resolve
Specialized synonyms: Impenitence, Impenitency, Intransigence, Intransigency
Derivative terms: Bullheaded, Obstinate, Pigheaded, Stubborn
Definition of Stubbornness
1. Noun. The state of being stubborn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stubbornness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stubbornness
Literary usage of Stubbornness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"... and he ought not to set his head In stubbornness against his fellows. Held,
that the charge did not coerce the jury into finding a verdict. [Ed. Note. ..."
2. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1900)
"OF stubbornness, OBSTINACY, OR FIERCENESS Complete. CONTUMACY or stubbornness is
an hardness or harshness in the passages of common life. ..."
3. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... stubbornness, or contempt, but only in obedience to the command of Christ and
his apostle; and we are content, if we break our yea and nay, ..."
4. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1875)
"... check such a movement; but, on the other hand, the created by 6 to Illusion
the stub- very stubbornness with which they fought became a ..."
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