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Definition of Pigheadedness
1. 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 Pigheadedness
1. Noun. The condition of being pigheaded ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigheadedness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigheadedness
Literary usage of Pigheadedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Franklin Expediton from First to Last by Richard King (1855)
"country holds an inquest upon their remains, it can only find the verdict that
they died of official pigheadedness and Admiralty neglect Daily News, ..."
2. Wilt Thou Have this Woman? by James Maclaren Cobban (1897)
"CHAPTER V pigheadedness AND THE COMFORT OF LOVE " "\T ^^ what have I said," quoth
Mr. Coverley to 1\ himself as he left the bank (with Philip's curious eye ..."
3. France by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine, Witt (Henriette Elizabeth), Guizot (François) (1898)
"Gascons are, and with very little of pigheadedness. To change all his plaas was
with him the work of an instant. Instead ot awaiting the foe in his ..."
4. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1921)
"Margaret Wych- erly as the old mother who looks with an understanding and rather
rueful eye at the pigheadedness of men—and an excellent part it is! ..."
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