All inflexibility synonyms
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I i noun inflexibility
- intransigence — the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- relentlessness — that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting: a relentless enemy.
- perseverance — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- grimness — stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
- inexorableness — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
- bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- rigidness — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
- doggedness — persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- inexorability — unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
- indomitability — that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
- implacability — not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
- incompliance — not compliant; unyielding.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- remorseless — without remorse; merciless; pitiless; relentless.
- adamancy — a state of resoluteness
- die hard — If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely.
- stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- rigour — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- rigor — strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people.
- dogmatism — dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- implacableness — The quality of being implacable.
- stiffness — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- hardness — the state or quality of being hard: the hardness of ice.
- firmness — not soft or yielding when pressed; comparatively solid, hard, stiff, or rigid: firm ground; firm texture.
- tautness — tightly drawn; tense; not slack.
- tension — the act of stretching or straining.
- solidness — having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness), as a geometrical body or figure.