obstinacy (noun)
121mulish — adjective refusing to do something or agree to something in an unreasonable way; stubborn: mulish obstinacy mulishly adverb mulishness noun (U) …
122difficultness — /ˈdɪfəkəltnəs/ (say difuhkuhltnuhs) noun contrariness; ill temper and obstinacy …
123self-opinion — /sɛlf əˈpɪnjən/ (say self uh pinyuhn) noun 1. opinion, especially exaggerated opinion, of oneself. 2. obstinacy in one s views …
124self-will — /sɛlf ˈwɪl/ (say self wil) noun 1. wilfulness. 2. obstinacy …
125adamancy — ˈadəmənsē noun ( es) Etymology: adamant (II) + cy : unyielding quality : condition or fact of being adamantine : stubbornness, obstinacy …
126bumbledom — ˈbəmbəldəm noun ( s) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Bumble, a parish beadle in Oliver Twist + English dom : the actions and mannerisms of pompous but inefficient government officials a strain of mild obstinacy exquisitely calculated to… …
127obstination — ˌäbztəˈnāshən, bat noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English obstinacioun, from Middle French obstination, from Latin obstination , obstinatio, from obstinatus (past participle of obstinare) + ion , io ion : obstinacy …
128-acy — suffix forming nouns of state or quality (accuracy; piracy; supremacy), or an instance of it (conspiracy; fallacy) (see also CRACY). Etymology: a branch of the suffix CY from or after F acie or L acia or atia or Gk ateia * * * a suffix of nouns… …
