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MULISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mulishness mean?
• MULISHNESS (noun)
The noun MULISHNESS has 1 sense:
1. the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
Familiarity information: MULISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
mulishness; obstinacy; obstinance; stubbornness
Hypernyms ("mulishness" is a kind of...):
intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)
Derivation:
stubborn (not responding to treatment)
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