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Definition of Obstinateness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstinateness
Literary usage of Obstinateness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Life of the Martyrologist, and by John Foxe, George Townsend (1844)
"... and long for a due time looked for, did make no means to appear, we pronounced
him to be obstinate, and for his obstinateness (to overcome his malice, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... rub, block, difficulty, apex (rare), stumbling-block, baffle. obstinacy, n.
obstinateness (esp. of the quality), obstinance or obstinancy (rare); spec, ..."
3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1851)
"... not place himself at the point of view which was occupied by minds unlike his
own, must have seemed like narrowness of mind and obstinateness of temper. ..."
4. The New Englander by William Lathrop Kingsley (1851)
"... place himself at the point of view whicli was occupied by minds unlike his
own, must have seemed like narrowness of mind and obstinateness of temper. ..."
5. The Great Texts of the Bible by James Hastings (1912)
"But if we maun leave this house may Thy presence gang wi' us ... forgive my
obstinateness, mak' the cause even mair prosperous in the new chapel. ..."
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