Usually means: Stubborn refusal to change opinion.
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  1. obstinateness: Merriam-Webster
  2. obstinateness: Collins English Dictionary
  3. obstinateness: Wordnik
  4. obstinateness: Wiktionary
  5. obstinateness: Dictionary.com
  6. obstinateness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. obstinateness: FreeDictionary.org
  8. obstinateness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obstinateness: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. obstinateness: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. obstinateness: Medical dictionary

(Note: See obstinate as well.)

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▸ noun:  The characteristic of being obstinate.

Similar:
obstinance, obstinancy, obdurateness, obstinacy, obduracy, stubbornness, obstination, obstreperousness, inflexibleness, obstructiveness, more...

Opposite:
flexibility, adaptability, open-mindedness

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Similar:
obstinance, obstinancy, obdurateness, obstinacy, obduracy, stubbornness, obstination, obstreperousness, inflexibleness, obstructiveness, more...

Opposite:
flexibility, adaptability, open-mindedness



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