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obstinacies

obstinacies is the plural of obstinacy.

Meaning of obstinacy

Noun

obstinacy (countable and uncountable, plural obstinacies)

  1. The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
    • He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.
  2. (collective, countable) A group or herd of bison or buffalo.
    • When the obstinacy of buffalo, which usually numbers between fifty and five hundred, is searching for food and water, the pathfinders, as the experienced cows are called, lead them to their destinations.2022, Barbara Stotts Cochran, Our Educational System Flipped Upside Down: Teaching Reading to Reduce the Negative Effects of School Closures During the Pandemic, and Beyond, Christian Faith Publishing

Questions about obstinacies

What is obstinacies the plural of?
Obstinacies is the plural of obstinacy.

Words near obstinacies in the dictionary

  1. obstetrics
  2. obstetricy
  3. obstetrist
  4. obstetrists
  5. obstetrix
  6. obstinacies
  7. obstinacious
  8. obstinacy
  9. obstinance
  10. obstinances
  11. obstinancies

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