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| obstinacy | (ออบ'สทะนาซี) n. ความดันทุรัง, ความดื้อดึง, โรคที่รักษายาก, Syn. stubbornness |
| obstinacy | (n) ความดื้อ, ความดื้อรั้น, ความดันทุรัง |
| | | | | Obstinacy | n. [ See Obstinate. ] 1. A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy. [ 1913 Webster ] You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] To shelter their ignorance, or obstinacy, under the obscurity of their terms. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Pertinacity; firmness; resoluteness; inflexibility; persistency; stubbornness; perverseness; contumacy. -- Obstinacy, Pertinacity. Pertinacity denotes great firmness in holding to a thing, aim, etc. Obstinacy is great firmness in holding out against persuasion, attack, etc. The former consists in adherence, the latter in resistance. An opinion is advocated with pertinacity or defended with obstinacy. Pertinacity is often used in a good sense; obstinacy generally in a bad one. “In this reply was included a very gross mistake, and if with pertinacity maintained, a capital error.” Sir T. Browne. “Every degree of obstinacy in youth is one step to rebellion.” South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 我 | [が, ga] (n) (1) { Buddh } obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego #4,440 [Add to Longdo] | 意地 | [いじ, iji] (n) disposition; spirit; willpower; obstinacy; backbone; appetite; (P) [Add to Longdo] | 意地ずく;意地尽く;意地づく;意地尽(io) | [いじずく(意地ずく;意地尽く;意地尽);いじづく(意地尽く;意地づく;意地尽), ijizuku ( iji zuku ; iji kotogotoku ; iji jin ); ijiduku ( iji kotogotoku ; iji duk] (n, adj-na) obstinacy; stubbornness [Add to Longdo] | 意地っ張り | [いじっぱり, ijippari] (adj-na, n) (See 意地を張る) obstinacy; obstinate person [Add to Longdo] | 押し手;押手 | [おして;おしで, oshite ; oshide] (n) (1) (arch) seal; stamp; (2) depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand; (3) (See 引き手・ひきで) (in archery) left hand; (4) obstinacy; stubbornness [Add to Longdo] | 横車 | [よこぐるま, yokoguruma] (exp, n) (1) (See 横車を押す) perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); (n) (2) side wheel throw (judo) [Add to Longdo] | 我意 | [がい, gai] (n) self-will; obstinacy [Add to Longdo] | 我執 | [がしゅう, gashuu] (n) egotism; obstinacy [Add to Longdo] | 頑固 | [がんこ, ganko] (adj-na, n) stubbornness; obstinacy; (P) [Add to Longdo] | 頑冥;頑迷 | [がんめい, ganmei] (adj-na, n) bigotry; stubbornness; obstinacy [Add to Longdo] |
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