Usually means: Stubborn adherence to an opinion.
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  1. obstancy: Wordnik
  2. obstancy: Wiktionary
  3. Obstancy: Dictionary.com
  4. Obstancy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. obstancy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Obstancy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. obstancy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. obstancy: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Obstancy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (obsolete) opposition; impediment; obstruction

Similar:
obluctation, obstinence, opposal, cohibition, obduredness, hinderment, obstruent, gainstand, overthwart, oppugnancy, more...

Opposite:
compliance, flexibility, adaptability

Types:
pigheadedness, stubbornness, inflexibility, obduracy, recalcitrance, more...

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Similar:
obluctation, obstinence, opposal, cohibition, obduredness, hinderment, obstruent, gainstand, overthwart, oppugnancy, more...

Opposite:
compliance, flexibility, adaptability

Types:
pigheadedness, stubbornness, inflexibility, obduracy, recalcitrance, more...



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