English-Thai Dictionary

obstinacy

N ความดื้อ  stubbornness obduracy obedience kwam-due

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBSTINACY

n.[L. obstinatio, from obsto, to stand against, to oppose; ob and sto.] 1. A fixedness in opinion or resolution that cannot be shaken at all, or not without great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose or system; a fixedness that will not yield to persuasion, arguments or other means. Obstinacy may not always convey the idea of unreasonable or unjustifiable firmness; as when we say, soldiers fight with obstinacy. But often, and perhaps usually, the word denotes a fixedness of resolution which is not to be vindicated under the circumstances; stubbornness; pertinacity; persistency.
2. Fixedness that will not yield to application, or that yields with difficulty; as the obstinacy of a disease or evil.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBSTINACY

Ob "sti *na *cy, n. Etym: [See Obstinate. ]

 

1. A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak. To shelter their ignorance, or obstinacy, under the obscurity of their terms. Locke.

 

2. The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.

 

Syn. -- Pertinacity; firmness; resoluteness; inflexibility; persistency; stubbornness; perverseness; contumacy. -- Obstinacy, Pertinacity. Pertinacity denotes great firmness in holding to a thing, aim, etc. Obstinacy is great firmness in holding out against persuasion, attack, etc. The former consists in adherence, the latter in resistance. An opinion is advocated with pertinacity or defended with obstinacy. Pertinacity is often used in a good sense; obstinacy generally in a bad one. "In this reply was included a very gross mistake, and if with pertinacity maintained, a capital error. " Sir T. Browne. "Every degree of obstinacy in youth is one step to rebellion. " South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

obstinacy

ob sti na cy |ˈäbstənəsē ˈɑːbstɪnəsi | ▶noun the quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness: his reputation for obstinacy.

 

Oxford Dictionary

obstinacy

ob ¦stin |acy |ˈɒbstɪnəsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the quality or condition of being obstinate; stubbornness: his reputation for obstinacy.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

obstinacy

obstinacy noun Zach's obstinacy contributed to his unfavorable performance evaluation: stubbornness, inflexibility, intransigence, intractability, obduracy, mulishness, pigheadedness, willfulness, contrariness, perversity, recalcitrance, refractoriness, implacability, rigidity, uncooperativeness; persistence, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity, doggedness, single-mindedness. ANTONYMS flexibility.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

obstinacy

obstinacy noun Urquhart was irritated by her obstinacy: stubbornness, inflexibility, intransigence, intractability, intractableness, obduracy, mulishness, pig-headedness, bull-headedness, wilfulness, self-will, strong-mindedness, contrariness, perversity, perverseness, uncooperativeness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, unmanageableness, stiffness, rigidity, steeliness, implacability, relentlessness, immovability, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, doggedness, pertinacity, pertinaciousness, single-mindedness, firmness, steadfastness, determination; Brit. informal bloody-mindedness, bolshiness, stroppiness; archaic frowardness, contumaciousness, contumacy; rare induracy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obstinacy

ob sti na cy /ɑ́bstɪnəsi |ɔ́b -/名詞 複 -cies 1 U (人の意見に耳を傾けない )頑固さ, 強情さ, 柔軟性の欠如 .2 C 頑迷な言動 .3 U (病気の )難治 .