OBSTINACY
\ˈɒbstɪnəsi], \ˈɒbstɪnəsi], \ˈɒ_b_s_t_ɪ_n_ə_s_i]\
Definitions of OBSTINACY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.
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The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.
By Noah Webster.
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The state or quality of being unyielding or difficult to control; as, the obstinacy of a fever; unreasonable determination to have one's own way; stubbornness.
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Stubbornness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Unyielding fixedness in opinion or resolution ;— fixedness that will not yield to application or that yields with difficulty ; firmness ; resoluteness; inflexibility; persistency; stubbornness.
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