obstinacy

Such obstinacy only serves to discourage personal improvement.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Brutal humor and obstinacy bind these malcontents together for almost 15 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

In a 17-page order, Judge Chushcoff said the employee “demonstrated obstinacy in her search” that led the State Patrol to move to discipline her; however, Loftis said the employee “subsequently left our employ.”

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024

Even more shocking were Rubiales and the Spanish federation’s steadfast attacks on Hermoso in the aftermath and their obstinacy that he had done nothing wrong, going so far as to call Hermoso a liar.

From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2023

“Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intention as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

The play itself is full of the standard details and recognitions pf marriage: its conversational small change and domestic small changes, its emotional freezing and boiling points, male obstinacies and female whims.

From Time Magazine Archive

She spoke softly, for she had already fully perceived that Mr. Critchlow must be managed with the tact which the capricious obstinacies of advanced age demanded.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Arnold Bennett

He was very much of a boy at heart, despite his forty odd years, and the quaint obstinacies of his gardener amused him too much to call for any serious remonstrance.

From God's Good Man by Marie Corelli

Honey had certain little obstinacies, one of which was a way of teasing Dearie by making him wait when he wanted to know a thing.

From Skinner's Dress Suit by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson

He was full of tricks and contradictions, obstinacies and tendernesses, this Punch-like old gentleman with the head of Shakespeare.

From The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel by Coningsby Dawson