All obstinacy synonyms

noun obstinacy

• stubbornness — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
• determination — Determination is the quality that you show when you have decided to do something and you will not let anything stop you.
• pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
• inflexibility — not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod.
• unreasonableness — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
• persistence — the act or fact of persisting.
• tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
• 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.
• mulishness — of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
• obstinance — The characteristic of being obstinate.
• purpose — the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc.
• reluctance — unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.