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Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
Thomas Browne

Meaning of "obstinacy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OBSTINACY

obstinacy  [ˈɒbstɪnəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OBSTINACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Obstinacy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OBSTINACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of obstinacy in the English dictionary

The definition of obstinacy in the dictionary is the state or quality of being obstinate. Other definition of obstinacy is an obstinate act, attitude, etc.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OBSTINACY


athanasy
əˈθænəsɪ
determinacy
dɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ
effeminacy
ɪˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
euthanasy
juːˈθænəsɪ
feminacy
ˈfɛmɪnəsɪ
geognosy
dʒɪˈɒɡnəsɪ
importunacy
ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnəsɪ
indeterminacy
ˌɪndɪˈtɜːmɪnəsɪ
inordinacy
ɪnˈɔːdɪnəsɪ
lunacy
ˈluːnəsɪ
pharmacognosy
ˌfɑːməˈkɒɡnəsɪ
Varanasi
vəˈrɑːnəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OBSTINACY

obstacle course
obstacle race
obstet.
obstetric
obstetric stethoscope
obstetrical
obstetrically
obstetrician
obstetrics
obstinacies
obstinate
obstinately
obstinateness
obstipation
obstreperate
obstreperous
obstreperously
obstreperousness
obstriction
obstropalous

WORDS THAT END LIKE OBSTINACY

adequacy
advocacy
bureaucracy
conspiracy
delicacy
democracy
diplomacy
efficacy
fallacy
intimacy
lacy
legacy
legitimacy
literacy
pharmacy
piracy
privacy
racy
supremacy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of obstinacy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OBSTINACY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «obstinacy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of obstinacy

Translation of «obstinacy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OBSTINACY

Find out the translation of obstinacy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of obstinacy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «obstinacy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

固执
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

obstinación
570 millions of speakers

English

obstinacy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हठ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عناد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

упрямство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

obstinação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গোঁ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obstination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekecewaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hartnäckigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頑固さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고집
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Obstinacy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh ương ngạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிடிவாதத்தினால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हट्टीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inatçılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ostinazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

upór
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

упертість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

încăpățânare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πείσμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koppigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

envishet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rådighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of obstinacy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OBSTINACY»

The term «obstinacy» is normally little used and occupies the 117.939 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OBSTINACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «obstinacy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «obstinacy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about obstinacy

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6 QUOTES WITH «OBSTINACY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word obstinacy.
1
Thomas Browne
Obstinacy in a bad cause is but constancy in a good.
2
Robert Peel
Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.
3
Man Ray
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
4
Michael Servetus
May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors.
5
Laurence Sterne
'Tis known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and of obstinacy in a bad one.
6
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OBSTINACY»

Discover the use of obstinacy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to obstinacy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Obstinacy: The Dauntless Chase
The Dauntless Chase Dhishna. She could not understand why he suddenly started to act immorally. When he had his rest day, she would try to speak to him before he sipped a drink and she would cry and beg him not to do so and he would ...
Dhishna, 2013
2
Nothing More Terrible Than Humanity: Obstinacy, Withdrawal, ...
This study contests the view that Sophocles' Antigone is "unphilosophical," and argues that addressing the contest of ideas is central to the play.
Martin Gallagher, 2007
3
The Psychological Bulletin
and 237 cases of animal obstinacy were obtained. The physical signs of those said to be obstinate are so opposite that there is good reason to believe that the mental states were entirely different. Individuality is marked, however, and in many ...
‎1906
4
A New Manual of Method
(8) Perhaps the best method of all will be to cultivate /he social feelings; to appeal to the higher side of the child's nature. OBSTINACY. This is a fearful fault of temper in children, and one especially hard to deal with. Its treatment should depend ...
Alfred Hezekiah Garlick, 1907
5
Primer of School Method
OBSTINACY 21 school discipline, and the most difficult to deal with. An obstinate child apparently puts his will into direct conflict with that of his teacher, and some young teachers are too prone to put at once their will against the child's — often ...
Thomas Francis George Dexter, Alfred Hezekiah Garlick, 1913
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The Pedagogical Seminary
Malnutrition, any form of stomach or liver trouble, eye strain, anaemia, and over fatigue are all potent factors in the production of contrariness and obstinacy. Hereditary predisposition was stated in about one-fourth of the cases and a family ...
Granville Stanley Hall, 1905
7
A Companion to Angels in Medieval Philosophy
of their choice can be explained by means of the relationship between the will and the beatifying object.70 no analogous reason is available for the irreversible obstinacy of the evil angels. consequently, the medieval accounts of the demons'  ...
Tobias Hoffmann, 2012
8
The Journal of Genetic Psychology
them whipped and locked in closets and humiliated in all sorts of ways, the while their mother believed she was overcoming their obstinacy. I do not know how it turns out in the end, whether the children say they are sorry or not, but I know they ...
Granville Stanley Hall, Carl Allanmore Murchison, 1911
9
The Guide to Knowledge
Obstinacy, which arises from a mistaken idea that it is laudable firmness, may be . pitied but cannot much be blame less is acting wrongly, under an impression that it is right ; and many have been the persons who have forfeited their' property, ...
William Pinnock, 1833
10
Edge-tools of speech
It is a knowledge of sensation more than of reflection. John Foster. OBSTINACY. Whatever excites the spirit of contradiction is capable of producing the last effects of heroism ; which is only the highest pitch of obstinacy, in a good or bad cause, ...
Maturin Murray Ballou, 1899

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OBSTINACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term obstinacy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Republican strategy: oppose, oppose, oppose
They receive campaign contributions and other perks from the companies, organizations and individuals who benefit from their obstinacy. «LancasterOnline, Jul 15»
2
CNN-Times of Oman Exclusive: Greece 'made mistakes, there's no …
It takes incredible obstinacy to argue that one has not made mistakes, especially during a five-month period of extremely intense negotiations ... «Times of Oman, Jul 15»
3
As demonstrators become bold, activism must include compassion
... students and police has wrought: the mobilization of the criticism of authority spearheaded by groups angered by government obstinacy. «China Post, Jul 15»
4
Dangerous Mission: Destroying Chemical Weapons at Sea
... no more than four months. The mission—buffeted by a civil war, Syrian obstinacy and diplomatic gamesmanship—ultimately took 10 months. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Blessed are the peacemakers
Such obstinacy was again experienced in a shocking action some called treason in early March of this year, when 47 Republican senators sent ... «Sierra Star, Jul 15»
6
Antibiotics revolution? iChip promises resistance-free antibiotics
To overcome uncultivated bacteria's obstinacy, they needed to bring the natural environment into the lab, but to do that they needed new ... «Mongabay.com, Jul 15»
7
Not Your 'Granma's' Cuba: A New Day In The Caribbean
On an island known for obstinacy, something has got to give. Watch The Crossroads Cuba Videos - Part 1: Not Your Granma's Cuba. «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
8
It's nuts how far the original iPhone was ahead of the competition
Obviously the iPhone was a game changer then, and is still. Your obstinacy in the face of what EVERYONE has said to you speaks volumes… «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»
9
Apple and its fellow travellers drag US indices lower
Apple's obstinacy in sticking by smaller form factors for its smartphones hampered the company's sales for a long time in China, where the nature of the alphabet ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»
10
US stocks dragged lower by Apple and its suppliers
Apple's obstinacy in sticking by smaller form factors for its smartphones hampered the company's sales for a long time in China, where the ... «Proactive Investors UK, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Obstinacy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/obstinacy>. Apr 2024 ».
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