obstinacy

🇺🇸 /ˈɑːbstɪnəsi/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɒbstɪnəsi/
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noun
R

when someone keeps doing or thinking something in the same way, and does not change even if there are good reasons to do so

His obstinacy made it difficult for us to convince him to take a different route.

translation

n. when someone keeps doing or thinking something in the same way, and does not change even if there are good reasons to do so

Word Forms

Plural obstinacies