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The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.
Phylicia Rashad

Meaning of "stubbornness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STUBBORNNESS

stubbornness  [ˈstʌbənnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STUBBORNNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stubbornness 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 STUBBORNNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stubbornness in the English dictionary

The definition of stubbornness in the dictionary is the state or characteristic of refusing to comply, agree, or give in; obstinacy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STUBBORNNESS


barrenness
ˈbærənnɪs
commonness
ˈkɒmənnɪs
evenness
ˈiːvənnɪs
fineness
ˈfaɪnnɪs
genuineness
ˈdʒenjʊɪnnɪs
greenness
ˈɡriːnnɪs
leanness
ˈliːnnɪs
meanness
ˈmiːnnɪs
oneness
ˈwʌnnɪs
openness
ˈəʊpənnɪs
outspokenness
ˌaʊtˈspəʊkənnɪs
plainness
ˈpleɪnnɪs
proneness
ˈprəʊnnɪs
rottenness
ˈrɒtnnɪs
sternness
ˈstɜːnnɪs
suddenness
ˈsʌdənnɪs
sullenness
ˈsʌlənnɪs
thinness
ˈθɪnnɪs
unevenness
ʌnˈiːvənnɪs
wantonness
ˈwɒntənnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STUBBORNNESS

stub
stub axle
stub end
stub nail
stubbed
stubbie
stubbier
Stubbies
stubbiest
stubbily
stubbiness
stubbing
stubble
stubble-jumper
stubbled
stubbly
stubborn
stubbornly
Stubbs
stubby

WORDS THAT END LIKE STUBBORNNESS

betweenness
brazenness
brokenness
brownness
business
drunkenness
dunness
foreignness
givenness
goldenness
Guinness
hiddenness
humanness
keenness
McGuinness
oftenness
soddenness
tyranness
uncertainness
uncleanness
vainness

Synonyms and antonyms of stubbornness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stubbornness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STUBBORNNESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

固执
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

terquedad
570 millions of speakers

English

stubbornness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العناد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

упрямство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

teimosia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জেদীতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

entêtement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kedegilan
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

Stubbornness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ương ngạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிடிவாதமும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हट्टीपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inatçılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

testardaggine
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

hardkoppigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hårdhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stahet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stubbornness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STUBBORNNESS»

The term «stubbornness» is regularly used and occupies the 68.530 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STUBBORNNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stubbornness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stubbornness» 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 stubbornness

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10 QUOTES WITH «STUBBORNNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stubbornness.
1
Jeb Bush
There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.
2
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.
3
Brett Favre
I think my stubbornness, hardheadedness and stupidity is what has allowed me to play for 20 years.
4
Joe Nichols
Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I'm a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can't learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind.
5
Orhan Pamuk
The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
6
Renzo Piano
I think people should try to teach young children that these qualities - stubbornness and a capacity to listen - might look like they are opposites, but they are not.
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Phylicia Rashad
The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.
8
Fred Saberhagen
If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.
9
Stuart Scott
I make myself have energy. It's stubbornness in the face of cancer.
10
Cynthia Voigt
I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person who tends to finish everything she starts out of sheer stubbornness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUBBORNNESS»

Discover the use of stubbornness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stubbornness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Samantha's Revolution: Samantha's Stubbornness
Thirteen-year-old Samantha Crow is living near a small village not far from Yorktown, Va. in 1781, when her father and brother join the Virginia militia.
Gail Mazourek, 2012
2
Bring Out the Best in Your Child
The difference between perseverence and stubbornness is one of semantics. We usually admire determination in our children until the moment they become determined to do something that we don't want them to do. Then that same quality ...
Jeske, Ph.D., Patrick J.
3
Sac and Fox Indians in Kansas: Mokohoko's Stubbornness (1914)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Charles Ransley Green, 2010
4
Systems-Centered Therapy for Groups
Stubbornness Stubbornness as a defense develops early and is therefore relatively primitive. In fact, stubbornness would be better named survival stubbornness, as it is the mechanism by which the remaining core of the original, spontaneous, ...
Yvonne Agazarian, 2004
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Tragedy and Comedy: A Systematic Study and a Critique of Hegel
this retaliatory stubbornness. Second, the hero seeks a valid goal and so has justice on her side, but in her blind pursuit, she, too, oversteps the bounds of justice and moderation. We think of Goethe's Faust, Schiller's Posa, Ibsen's Brand , ...
Mark William Roche, 1998
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Hybrid Logic and its Proof-Theory
Proof. By Lemma 8.6 we just need to consider derivations that do not contain per- mutable formulas or non-stubborn maximum formulas. To any such derivation π we assign the non-negative integer d where d is the maximal stubbornness of a ...
Torben Braüner, 2010
7
Sharing the Sacred: Practicing Pluralism in Muslim North India
One is the king's stubbornness or rigidness, one is the woman's stubbornness, and the third is the child's stubbornness, and in front of these even God has to bow. No one can speak in front of the king's stubbornness. We have a lot of ...
Anna Bigelow, 2010
8
The Stubbornness of Geraldine: A Play in Four Acts...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Clyde Fitch, 2012
9
Islam in South Asia in Practice
We [meaning people in general] have three kinds of stubbornness or rigidity. One is the king's stubbornness or rigidity, one is the woman's stubbornness, and the third is the child's stubbornness, and in front of these even God has to bow.
Barbara D. Metcalf, 2009
10
The Seven Archetypes of Fear
Stubbornness and Impatience are like brothers who don't get on well. Each would like to outshine or outwit the other. Each wants to be their parent's favorite child.Both demand equally full atten- tion. In this case they demand the attention of ...
Varda Hasselmann, Frank Schmolke, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUBBORNNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stubbornness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tom Brady's stubbornness over Deflategate has sunk him as low as …
Tom Brady's stubbornness over Deflategate has sunk him as low as Roger Goodell. The Patriots quarterback is an all-time great but he's starting to look as bad ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome a Result of Stubbornness?
After I waterslid into this world, my grandmother packed a suitcase and came to stay with my parents for a few weeks. It made sense — my father, devoid of any ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Texas' Climate Stubbornness Takes an Increasingly Big Toll
As weather extremes like flooding batter Texas, its refusal to prepare for an even more volatile climate leaves residents at risk, experts say. By Katherine Bagley ... «InsideClimate News, Jul 15»
4
Syriza Stubbornness Exposes Eurozone Credibility
Greece is on the South Eastern extremity of the Eurozone. The refusal of the ruling Syriza led coalition to offer any meaningful reform is slowly, but steadily ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
5
Four remedies for stubbornness
BEING stubborn at the office isn't always a bad thing, but it's certainly not a good thing if you're standing your ground for all the wrong reasons. If you're a ... «BDlive, Jun 15»
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Stubbornness from customer service? Remember, two can play that …
If you're thinking of taking “no” for an answer from a travel company, let Alan Schroeder talk you out of it. When a late spring storm forced the cancellation of his ... «Washington Post, May 15»
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Abby Wambach says FIFA's stubbornness led it to turn down free …
FIFA had the option to end the so-called “Turf War” last year by installing grass fields instead of artificial turf in the stadiums where next month's Women's World ... «Washington Post, May 15»
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Everton boss Roberto Martinez rubbishes charges of stubbornness
Everton manager Roberto Martinez has rejected accusations stubbornness prevents him from adapting his tactical approach. The Spaniard has come in for ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
9
Obama Blames Republican 'Stubbornness' for Delayed Vote on Lynch
(Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama blamed a dysfunctional Senate and “stubbornness on the part of Republicans” for the stymied confirmation of Loretta ... «Bloomberg, Mar 15»
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The difference between perseverance and stubbornness
But we also see the kind of entrepreneurs who mistake perseverance with stubbornness. The challenge, of course, is finding out which one you are, at any given ... «The Next Web, Mar 15»

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