obduracy.

A firm refusal to change one’s view, conduct, or resolve despite appeals or contrary evidence.

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Words that belong together

• political obduracy
• unshaken obduracy

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His obduracy defeated every attempt at compromise.

The council’s obduracy turned a small dispute into a lasting feud.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Uncountable; no ordinary plural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.