obstinacy
Syllables: ob·stin·a·cyUK/ˈɒbstɪnəsi//ˈɑbstɪnəsi/
obstinacy noun: the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
Noun
obstinacy (countable and uncountable, plural obstinacies)
- The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
- He finished only through a mixture of determined obstinacy and ingenuity.
- "I don't know where," replied the girl.
"Then I do," said Sikes, more in the spirit of obstinacy than because he had any real objection.1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 44, in Oliver Twist
- 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
- 🔥 An obstinacy of Bison stampeding down a road2024 November 12, therra123, “🔥 An obstinacy of Bison stampeding down a road”, in reddit.com
obstinacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
obstinacy in Hindi
- state of stubbornness
- हठ haṭh, हठधर्मिता haṭhdharmitā, ज़िद zid
obstinacy in Tamil
- obstinacy, persistence
- சாதனை cātaṉai
- obstinacy
- சாட்டியம் cāṭṭiyam, முரடு muraṭu, அழுத்தம் aḻuttam
obstinacy in Marathi
- obstinacy, an obstinate act
- हट्ट haṭṭa
- obstinacy, doggedness
- अट्टाहास aṭṭāhās, दुराग्रह durāgrah
- obstinacy, stubbornness, opposition
- जिद्द jidda
- obstinacy
- त्रागा trāgā
obstinacy in Urdu
- ڈھٹائی, ہٹ, ہیکڑی, اصرار, ضد
More languagesFewer languages
- obstinacy in Bengali
- একগুঁয়েমি, জেদ
- obstinacy in Telugu
- కపిముష్టిన్యాయము kapimuṣṭinyāyamu
- obstinacy in Malayalam
- മർക്കടമുഷ്ടി maṟkkaṭamuṣṭi
- obstinacy in Kannada
- ಹಠ haṭha
- obstinacy in Punjabi
- ਹਠ haṭh
- obstinacy in Odia
- ଜୋର୍ jor
- obstinacy in Sanskrit
- प्रग्रह pragraha
- obstinacy in Arabic
- عِنَاد ʕinād
- obstinacy in Persian
- لجاجت lajâjat, معاندت mo'ânadat, عناد 'enâd
- obstinacy in Vietnamese
- sự ngoan cố, sự cố chấp
Examples of obstinacy in a sentence
- Ahead, in the Little Missouri River bottom, Jakub spotted an obstinacy of bison ambling down the riverbank.2022, Taylor Brorby, Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land, Liveright:
- An alpaca can be 'the mop-haired camelid', and an obstinacy of bison, 'the humpbacked, shaggy-haired animals'.2025, Juliet Maguire and Matthew Maguire, The Little Book of Second Mentions: The Art of Avoiding Repetition, Biteback Publishing:
Synonyms of obstinacy
- conviction
- insistence
- recalcitrance
- stubbornness
- tenacity
- doggedness
- pertinacity
- self-will
- resolve
- temerity
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Forms of obstinacy
| plural | obstinacies |
|---|---|
| alternative proscribed | obstinance |
| alternative proscribed | obstinancy |
Origin of obstinacy
From obstinate + -cy.
Questions about obstinacy
- What does obstinacy mean?
- Obstinacy means the state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
- What is obstinacy in Hindi?
- Obstinacy in Hindi is हठ (haṭh), हठधर्मिता (haṭhdharmitā), ज़िद (zid). See Obstinacy meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use obstinacy in a sentence?
- Ahead, in the Little Missouri River bottom, Jakub spotted an obstinacy of bison ambling down the riverbank.
- What part of speech is obstinacy?
- Obstinacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce obstinacy?
- Obstinacy is pronounced /ˈɑbstɪnəsi/ (US).
- What is the plural of obstinacy?
- The plural of obstinacy is obstinacies.
Words near obstinacy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: obstinacy (page history and authors); அழுத்தம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); अट्टाहास (Marathi) (page history and authors); obstinacy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obstinacy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కపిముష్టిన్యాయము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಹಠ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਹਠ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ଜୋର୍ (Odia) (page history and authors); प्रग्रह (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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