pigheadednessn.
/ˌpɪɡˈhɛdᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡˌ(h)ɛdədnəs/ Obstinacy, stubbornness; the quality of being stupidly or perversely set in one's ways.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness
frowardnessa1300
waywardnessc1384
wrawnessc1386
frowardship14..
perversity?a1425
frowardheadc1470
overthwartnessc1475
adversity1489
perversednessa1500
thrawnness1499
untowardnessa1525
protervitya1527
repugnancy1557
thrawardness1567
contrariousness1571
crookedness1576
thwartness1577
pervertness1581
peevishness1582
awkness1587
crabbedness1598
untowardliness1598
crossness1600
difficileness1612
contrariness1642
perverseness1644
cross-grainedness1652
wrong-headedness1740
pigheadedness1801
cussedness1852
orneriness1880
bloody-mindedness1910
difficultness1934
1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. iv. 129 With true English pig-headedness, they went..and polled for an independent candidate of their own choosing.
1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. iii. 225 A kind of pigheadedness, or indifference to ideas.
1927 Times 15 Sept. 8/4 This..is not a commercial policy; it is mere pig-headedness.
2003 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 2 Oct. a 2 The answers..lie not in laziness, sexism or sheer pigheadedness but in profound differences between the male and female brain.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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