Synonyms for stubbornness
stub·born·ness

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1. stubbornness

   Synonyms:
   approval, comfort, complacency, content, hardness, impenitence, obduracy, obstinacy, self-approval, self-complacency, self-congratulation

   Antonyms:
   compunction, contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance, self-condemnation, sorrow

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1. stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishnessnoun

   the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

   Synonyms:
   bullheadedness, obstinance, pigheadedness, mulishness, self-will, obstinacy

2. stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-willnoun

   resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

   Synonyms:
   self-command, obstinance, mulishness, bullheadedness, will power, willpower, self-control, possession, obstinacy, pigheadedness, self-possession, self-will

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1. List of paraphrases for "stubbornness":

   obstinacy, tenacity, persistence, recalcitrance, insistence

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How to use stubbornness in a sentence?

1. Louise Erdrich:

   They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.

2. Clifford Villalon:

   Stubbornness is not the opposite of leniency, but the extension of tolerance.

3. Simone de Beauvoir:

   In the face of an obstacle which is impossible to overcome, stubbornness is stupid.

4. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   The Philippines' stubbornness is clearly the result of behind-the-scene instigation and political manipulation.

5. Louise Erdrich:

   They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were they all fused into a single stubbornness.