pigheadedness

NOUN

obstinacy

Synonyms

STRONG

bullheadedness determination doggedness mulishness obstinance pertinacity perverseness perversity purpose reluctance tenaciousness tenacity willfulness

WEAK

hardheadedness obstinateness pertinaciousness

Antonyms

STRONG

irresolution

Example Sentences

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Pigheadedness had made Don Anastasio guilty, why shouldn’t perjury make him innocent?

From The Missourian by Lyle, Eugene P. (Eugene Percy)