bullheadedness

Definitions of bullheadedness
  1. noun
    resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
    synonyms: obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness
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    types:
    impenitence, impenitency
    the trait of refusing to repent
    intransigence, intransigency
    the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
    type of:
    firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
    the trait of being resolute
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