noun. The state or quality of being stubborn or refractory.

noun. The act or an instance of being stubborn or refractory.

noun. The character or condition of being obstinate; pertinacions adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of conduct, whether right or wrong, and in spite of argument or entreaty; a fixedness, and generally an unreasonable fixedness, of opinion or resolution, that cannot be shaken; stubbornness; pertinacity.

noun. An unyielding character or quality; continued resistance to the operation of remedies or to palliative measures: as, the obstinacy of a fever or of a cold.

noun. A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.

noun. The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue.

noun. The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.

noun. the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

noun. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

"My father, as may be imagined, was highly incensed at my perseverance, which he called obstinacy, but, what will not be so easily believed, he soon after relented, and appointed a day to take me from the convent."

intractability  intractableness  

arrogance  boldness  bravery  egotism  ferocity  

adhesiveness  antagonism  antipathy  application  asininity