1 (often disapproving) refusing to change your opinions, way of behaving, etc. when other people try to persuade you to; showing this
SYNSTUBBORN:
He can be very obstinate when he wants to be! * her obstinate refusal to comply with their request
2 [usuallybeforenoun] difficult to get rid of or deal with
SYNSTUBBORN:
the obstinate problem of unemployment * an obstinate stain
obstinacy noun [U]:
an act of sheer obstinacy
obstinately adverb:
He obstinately refused to consider the future.
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