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Definition of obstinance word
- noun obstinance The characteristic of being obstinate. 1
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Parts of speech for Obstinance
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
obstinance popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for obstinance
noun obstinance
- determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
- resolution — a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
- backbone — Your backbone is the column of small linked bones down the middle of your back.
- decisiveness — having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: Your argument was the decisive one.
- doggedness — persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
Antonyms for obstinance
noun obstinance
- cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
- flexibility — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
- indolence — the quality or state of being indolent.
- irresolution — lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
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