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obstinateness
| Main Entry: |
obstinateness
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | assertiveness, disorderliness, fractiousness, heedlessness, impetuousness, imprudence, impulsiveness, indocility, intemperanc, intractability, intractableness, lawlessness, obstinacy, obstreperousness, orneriness, perverseness, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recklessness, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, untowardness, waywardness, wildness, willfulness |
| Main Entry: | bullheadedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstinacy |
| Synonyms: | doggedness, hardheadedness, headstrongness, mulishness, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pigheadedness, resolve, self-will, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness |
| Main Entry: | disorderliness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | fractiousness, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, roughness, rowdiness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unmanageableness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | fractiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | disorderliness, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, roughness, rowdiness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unmanageableness, wildness |
| Main Entry: | hardheadedness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstinacy |
| Synonyms: | bullheadedness, determination, doggedness, mulishness, obstinance, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, purpose, reluctance, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness |
| Main Entry: | indocility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, disorderliness, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, fractiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractability, intractableness, lip, muster*, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, untowardness, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intractability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, disorderliness, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, fractiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, indocility, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, untowardness, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intractableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, disorderliness, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, fractiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, indocility, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractability, lip, muster*, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, untowardness, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mulishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstinacy |
| Synonyms: | bullheadedness, determination, doggedness, hardheadedness, obstinance, obstinateness, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, perverseness, perversity, pigheadedness, purpose, reluctance, tenaciousness, tenacity, willfulness |
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