obstinacy

Plural: obstinacies

Noun

• the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
• resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
• The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
• A group of bison; the collective noun for bison.

Synonyms

bullheadedness, mulishness, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness, conviction, doggedness, insistence, intransigence, obstinacy, pertinacity, recalcitrance, resolve, temerity, tenacity, vehemence

Related Words

determination, mumpsimus, obstinate, perseverance, persevere, persistence, resolution, steadfastness, sticktoitiveness