- stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishness - the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
--1 is a kind of intractability, intractableness
- stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will - resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
--2 is a kind of resoluteness, firmness, resolve, resolution
--2 has particulars: impenitence, impenitency; intransigency, intransigenceDerived form: verb obstinate1