noun
1. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
• Syn: ↑stubbornness, ↑bullheadedness, ↑obstinacy, ↑pigheadedness, ↑self-will
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pigheaded (for: ↑pigheadedness), ↑obstinate, ↑bullheaded (for: ↑bullheadedness), ↑stubborn (for: ↑stubbornness)
• Hypernyms: ↑resoluteness, ↑firmness, ↑firmness of purpose, ↑resolve, ↑resolution
• Hyponyms: ↑impenitence, ↑impenitency, ↑intransigency, ↑intransigence
2. the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
• Syn: ↑stubbornness, ↑obstinacy, ↑mulishness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stubborn (for: ↑mulishness), ↑stubborn (for: ↑stubbornness)
• Hypernyms: ↑intractability, ↑intractableness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.