Obstinateness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare
     to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see
     {Ob-}) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See {Stand},
     and cf. {Destine}.]
     1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course;
        persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other


        means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying
        unreasonableness.
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              I have known great cures done by obstinate
              resolution of drinking no wine.       --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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              No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate.  --Pope.
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              Of sense and outward things.          --Wordsworth.
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     2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate
        fever; obstinate obstructions.
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     Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious;
          persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding;
          refractory; contumacious. See {Stubborn}.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Ob"sti*nate*ly}, adv. --
          {Ob"sti*nate*ness}, n.
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