OBSTINANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does obstinance mean? 

• OBSTINANCE (noun)
  The noun OBSTINANCE has 2 senses:

1. the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

2. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

  Familiarity information: OBSTINANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OBSTINANCE (noun)

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 ("obstinance" is a kind of...):

intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bullheadedness; obstinacy; obstinance; pigheadedness; self-will; stubbornness

Hypernyms ("obstinance" is a kind of...):

firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve (the trait of being resolute)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "obstinance"):

impenitence; impenitency (the trait of refusing to repent)

intransigence; intransigency (the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise)

Derivation:

obstinate (persist stubbornly)