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- Dictionarystubbornness/ˈstʌb(ə)nnəs/
noun
- 1. dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something: "his error was sheer stubbornness in refusing to admit a mistake"
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Stubbornness is the quality of being determined to do what you want and refusing to do anything else, or being difficult to move, change, or deal with. Learn more about the meaning, usage, and synonyms of stubbornness with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
Synonyms for STUBBORNNESS: persistence, obstinacy, persistency, pigheadedness, intransigence, bullheadedness, obduracy, willfulness; Antonyms of STUBBORNNESS: reasonableness, flexibility, acceptance, acquiescence, receptivity, receptiveness, reasonability, pliability.
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Stubbornness is the trait of being difficult to influence or control, or the refusal to change one's mind or course of action. Find out the synonyms, antonyms, translations and examples of stubbornness in English and Spanish.
