obstinacy
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obstinacy |
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adhesiveness, antagonism, antipathy, application, assiduity, assiduousness, averseness, aversion, backwardness, bad blood, bloody-mindedness, bulldog tenacity,
bullheadedness, cantankerousness, challenge, clashing, cohesiveness, collision, combative reaction, commitment, competition,
complaint, concentration, conflict, consistency, constancy, contrariety, contrariness, contumaciousness, contumacy, counteraction, cross-purposes, cursoriness, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, dedication, defiance, defiance of authority, definiteness, demur, determinateness,
determination, determinedness, devotion, diligence, disaccord, disagreement, disinclination, disobedience, dispute, disrelish, dissension, dissent, dissentience, distaste, dogged perseverance, doggedness, earnestness, endurance, energy, engrossment, enmity, fidelity, firmness, fixedness, foot-dragging, force, fortitude, fractiousness, friction, frowardness, fundamentalism, gluiness, glutinosity, grudging consent, grudgingness, gumminess, guts, gutsiness, hardiness, hardness, heartiness, hostility, imperviousness, impliability, indefatigability,
indisposedness, indisposition, indocility, industriousness, industry, inexorability, inflexibility, inimicalness, insistence, insistency, intestinal fortitude, intractability, intractableness, intransigence, lack of enthusiasm, lack of zeal, loyalty, lustihood, lustiness, might, mightiness,
mulishness, mutinousness, negativeness, negativism, nolition, noncooperation, obduracy, obdurateness, objection, obstinateness, obstreperousness, opposition, oppugnancy, orneriness,
orthodoxy, passive resistance, patience, patience of Job, perfunctoriness, permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, plodding, plugging, potency, power, powerfulness, precisianism, preoccupation, protest, purism, puritanism, purpose, purposefulness, reaction, rebelliousness, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness,
refusal, relentlessness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repulse, repulsion, resistance, resoluteness, resolution,
resolve, resolvedness, restiveness, retention, revolt, rigidity, rigidness, rigor, rigorousness,
rivalry, robustness, ruggedness, sedulity, sedulousness, self-will, seriousness, sincerity, single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, slowness, snugness,
stability, stalwartness, stamina,
stand, staying power, steadfastness,
steadiness, stick-to-itiveness, stickiness, sticking power, stiffness, stolidity, stoutness,
strength, strength of will, stubbornness, sturdiness, sulk, sulkiness, sulks, sullenness, tackiness,
tenaciousness, tenacity, tightness,
tirelessness, total commitment, toughness, unbendingness, uncompromisingness, uncooperativeness, unenthusiasm,
unimpressionability, uninfluenceability, unmovability, unpersuadability, unreceptiveness, unrelentingness, unremittingness, unresponsiveness, unruliness, unsuggestibility, unsusceptibility, unswayableness, unswerving attention, unwillingness, unyieldingness, vigor, vigorousness, viscidity, viscosity, vitality, vying, wildness, will, withstanding
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Main entries similar to: obstinacy
antagonism, antipathy, application, assiduity, aversion,
bad blood, bigotry, challenge, collision, commitment, competition, complaint, concentration, conflict, consistency, constancy, contrariety, counteraction, cross-purposes, decision,
dedication, defiance, demur, determination, devotion, diligence, disaccord, disagreement, disinclination, disobedience,
dispute, dissension, dissent, distaste, dogmatism, earnestness, endurance, energy, enmity, fanaticism, fidelity, foot-dragging, force, fortitude, friction, fundamentalism, guts, hardiness, hardness, hostility, indisposition, indocility, industry, inflexibility, insistence,
intestinal fortitude, intolerance, loyalty, might, narrow-mindedness,
negativism, objection, opposition, orthodoxy, passive resistance,
patience, permanence, perseverance, persistence, pertinacity,
plodding, plugging, potency, power, preoccupation, protest, purpose, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance, refusal, relentlessness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitency, repugnance, repulse, repulsion, resistance, resolution, resolve, retention, revolt, rigidity, rigor, rivalry, seriousness, sincerity, slowness, stability, stamina, stand, staying power, stiffness, stubbornness,
sturdiness, sulks, tenacity, tightness, toughness, unruliness, vigor, viscosity, vitality, vying, will
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