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obduracy

noun/ˈɒb.dʊ.ɹə.si/

What It Means

The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible.

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Obduracy in Context

“It might also serve to condemn the obduracy and hard-heartedness of the Jews, who relented not, when even the earth trembled and the rocks rent.”

— 1713, Nehemiah Walter, A discourse concerning the wonderfulness of Christ, Boston: Eleazer Phillips, page 156

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From obdur(ate) + -acy.

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