"obstinacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑbstɪnəsi/ [General-American], /ˈɒbstɪnəsi/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-obstinacy.ogg [US] Forms: obstinacies [plural]
Etymology: obstinate + -cy Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{suffix|en|obstinate|cy}} obstinate + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} obstinacy (countable and uncountable, plural obstinacies)
  1. The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: determination, perseverance, persistence, resolution, steadfastness, sticktoitiveness, mumpsimus, obstinate, persevere Translations (state of stubbornness): عِنَاد (ʕinād) [masculine] (Arabic), կամակորություն (kamakorutʻyun) (Armenian), inadkarlıq (Azerbaijani), упа́ртасць (upártascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), упори́тост (uporítost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ина́т (inát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), obstinació [feminine] (Catalan), 頑固 (Chinese Mandarin), 顽固 (wángù) (Chinese Mandarin), tvrdohlavost [feminine] (Czech), obstineco (Esperanto), obstino (Esperanto), itsepäisyys (Finnish), itsepintaisuus (Finnish), entêtement [masculine] (French), obstination [feminine] (French), teima [feminine] (Galician), teimosía [feminine] (Galician), touñada [feminine] (Galician), piturra [feminine] (Galician), gurra [feminine] (Galician), tercura [feminine] (Galician), Sturheit [feminine] (German), Eigensinn [masculine] (German), πείσμα (peísma) [neuter] (Greek), ισχυρογνωμοσύνη (ischyrognomosýni) [feminine] (Greek), γινάτι (gináti) [neuter] (Greek), हठ (haṭh) [masculine] (Hindi), ज़िद (zid) [masculine] (Hindi), csökönyösség (Hungarian), testardaggine [feminine] (Italian), ostinazione [feminine] (Italian), 頑固 (ganko) (alt: がんこ) (Japanese), 意地 (iji) (alt: いじ) (Japanese), 완고 (wan'go) (Korean), obstinātiō [feminine] (Latin), твр́доглавост (tvŕdoglavost) [feminine] (Macedonian), сво́еглавост (svóeglavost) [feminine] (Macedonian), упорност (upornost) [feminine] (Macedonian), инает (inaet) [masculine] (Macedonian), инат (inat) [masculine] (Macedonian), മർക്കടമുഷ്ടി (maṟkkaṭamuṣṭi) (Malayalam), عناد (ʿinad) (Ottoman Turkish), تمرد (temerrüd) (Ottoman Turkish), اصرار (ısrar) (Ottoman Turkish), لجاجت (lajâjat) (Persian), معاندت (mo'ânadat) (Persian), عناد ('enâd) (Persian), Ieejensenn [masculine] (Plautdietsch), upartość [feminine] (Polish), upór [feminine] (Polish), obstinação [feminine] (Portuguese), încăpățânare [feminine] (Romanian), obstinație [feminine] (Romanian), упря́мство (uprjámstvo) [neuter] (Russian), упо́рство (upórstvo) [neuter] (Russian), твердоло́бость (tverdolóbostʹ) (english: foolish obstinacy) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), упёртость (upjórtostʹ) [colloquial, feminine] (Russian), тврдо̀главо̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), упо́рно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tvrdòglavōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), upórnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tvrdohlavosť [feminine] (Slovak), trmoglavost [feminine] (Slovene), trma [feminine] (Slovene), testarudez [feminine] (Spanish), porfía [feminine] (Spanish), terquedad [feminine] (Spanish), obstinación [feminine] (Spanish), якравӣ (yakravī) (Tajik), саркашӣ (sarkašī) (Tajik), инод (inod) (Tajik), қайсарӣ (qaysarī) (Tajik), inatçılık (Turkish), inat (Turkish), упе́ртість (upértistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), oʻjarlik (Uzbek), qaysarlik (Uzbek), sarkashlik (Uzbek), sự ngoan cố (Vietnamese), sự cố chấp (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Eigensinn"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peísma",
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          "word": "πείσμα"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ischyrognomosýni",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ισχυρογνωμοσύνη"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "gináti",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "हठ"
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          "roman": "zid",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ज़िद"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "csökönyösség"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "testardaggine"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ostinazione"
        },
        {
          "alt": "がんこ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ganko",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "頑固"
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        {
          "alt": "いじ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "iji",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "意地"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "wan'go",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "완고"
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        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "obstinātiō"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tvŕdoglavost",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "твр́доглавост"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "svóeglavost",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "сво́еглавост"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "upornost",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "упорност"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "inaet",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "инает"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "inat",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "инат"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "maṟkkaṭamuṣṭi",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "മർക്കടമുഷ്ടി"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ʿinad",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "عناد"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "temerrüd",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "تمرد"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "ısrar",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "اصرار"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "lajâjat",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "لجاجت"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mo'ânadat",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "معاندت"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "'enâd",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "word": "عناد"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "upartość"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "upór"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obstinação"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "încăpățânare"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "obstinație"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uprjámstvo",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "упря́мство"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "upórstvo",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "упо́рство"
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          "english": "foolish obstinacy",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tverdolóbostʹ",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "твердоло́бость"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "upjórtostʹ",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "упёртость"
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "sh",
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "упо́рно̄ст"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tvrdòglavōst"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "upórnōst"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tvrdohlavosť"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trmoglavost"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trma"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "testarudez"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "porfía"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
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          "word": "қайсарӣ"
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕinād",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عِنَاد"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kamakorutʻyun",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "կամակորություն"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "inadkarlıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "upártascʹ",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "упа́ртасць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uporítost",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "упори́тост"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "inát",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ина́т"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstinació"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "頑固"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wángù",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "顽固"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tvrdohlavost"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "obstineco"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "obstino"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "itsepäisyys"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "itsepintaisuus"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "entêtement"
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teima"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "teimosía"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "touñada"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piturra"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tercura"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Sturheit"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Eigensinn"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ισχυρογνωμοσύνη"
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "γινάτι"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "haṭh",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "हठ"
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      "roman": "zid",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ज़िद"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "csökönyösség"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "testardaggine"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostinazione"
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    {
      "alt": "がんこ",
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      "roman": "ganko",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "頑固"
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      "alt": "いじ",
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      "roman": "iji",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "意地"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wan'go",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "완고"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstinātiō"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "tvŕdoglavost",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "твр́доглавост"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "svóeglavost",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сво́еглавост"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "upornost",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "упорност"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "inaet",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "инает"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "inat",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "maṟkkaṭamuṣṭi",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "മർക്കടമുഷ്ടി"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "ʿinad",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "عناد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "temerrüd",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "تمرد"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "ısrar",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "اصرار"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "lajâjat",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "لجاجت"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "معاندت"
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ieejensenn"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "upartość"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "upór"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstinação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "încăpățânare"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "obstinație"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "uprjámstvo",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "упря́мство"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "upórstvo",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "упо́рство"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "твердоло́бость"
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      "roman": "upjórtostʹ",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "упёртость"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "тврдо̀главо̄ст"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "упо́рно̄ст"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tvrdòglavōst"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "upórnōst"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tvrdohlavosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trmoglavost"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trma"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "testarudez"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "porfía"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terquedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstinación"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "yakravī",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "якравӣ"
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sarkašī",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "саркашӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "inod",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "инод"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "qaysarī",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "қайсарӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "inatçılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "inat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "upértistʹ",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "упе́ртість"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "oʻjarlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "qaysarlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "sarkashlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "sự ngoan cố"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "state of stubbornness",
      "word": "sự cố chấp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obstinacy"
}

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