| 单词 | obstinacy |
| 释义 | obstinacy (once / 1167 pages) n Obstinacy is the quality of firmly sticking to your own viewpoint or desires. If you’ve ever watched a persistent two-year-old who wants something she’s been denied, you’ve witnessed obstinacy at its purest. Adults show obstinacy too of course, when they refuse to be moved or change their mind. Obstinacy can also refer to a situation or trait that is hard to overcome, as in the obstinacy of a physics problem that will not be solved or molasses that will not be stirred. Obstinacy is a noun for obstinate behavior — it can also be called bullheadedness, pigheadedness, willfulness, and plain old stubbornness. WORD FAMILYobstinacy: obstinacies+/obstinate: obstinacy, obstinance, obstinately, obstinater, obstinates, obstinatest, obstinating USAGE EXAMPLESStill, there were moments when the obstinacy that characterized so much of the news was set aside. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Still, there were moments when the obstinacy that characterized so much of the news was set aside. Seattle Times(Dec 14, 2016) At another level, however, his selfish, grandiose obstinacy is dangerous. US News(Oct 20, 2016) 1n resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires Syn|Hypo|Hyper bullheadedness, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness impenitence, impenitency the trait of refusing to repent intransigence, intransigencythe trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve the trait of being resolute 2n the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome Syn|Hyper mulishness, obstinance, stubbornness intractability, intractableness the trait of being hard to influence or control |
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