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| Main Entry: |
intransigency
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | obdurateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | persistency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insistence |
| Synonyms: | emphasis, importunity, insistency, perseverance, persistence, urging |
| Main Entry: | purposefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, decidedness, decisiveness, determination, doggedness, earnestness, firmness, fortitude, grit, iron will, obstinacy, obstinance, perseverance, persistence, pluck, purpose, purposiveness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, seriousness, spine, stubbornness, toughness, volition, will, will power, willpower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relentlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, remorselessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | remorselessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, rigidity, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | resoluteness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, decidedness, decisiveness, determination, doggedness, earnestness, firmness, fortitude, grit, iron will, obstinacy, obstinance, perseverance, persistence, pluck, purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resolution, resolve, seriousness, spine, stubbornness, toughness, volition, will, will power, willpower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rigidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidness |
| Main Entry: | rigidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stubbornness |
| Synonyms: | adamancy, bullheadedness, contumacy, die-hardism, doggedness, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, indomitability, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence, intransigency, mulishness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, perseverance, pertinacity, pigheadedness, relentlessness, remorselessness, rigidity |
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