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UNYIELDINGNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unyieldingness mean?
• UNYIELDINGNESS (noun)
The noun UNYIELDINGNESS has 1 sense:
1. resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Familiarity information: UNYIELDINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
adamance; obduracy; unyieldingness
Hypernyms ("unyieldingness" is a kind of...):
firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve (the trait of being resolute)
Derivation:
unyielding (stubbornly unyielding)
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