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ob‧sti‧nate/ˈɒbstənət, ˈɒbstɪnət $ ˈɑːb-/ adjective
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : past participle of obstinare 'to be determined']
1. determined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable SYN stubborn:
　 ▪ He was the most obstinate man I’ve ever met.
　 ▪ Don’t be so obstinate!
　 ▪ an obstinate refusal to obey

2. [ONLY BEFORE NOUN]
British English difficult to deal with or get rid of:
　 ▪ obstinate stains
　 ▪ a complex and obstinate issue

—obstinately adverb

—obstinacy noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
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THESAURUS
▪stubborn refusing to change your mind, even when people think you are wrong or are being unreasonable :
　 ▪ Dave can be really stubborn once he’s made up his mind.
　 ▪ a stubborn old man
▪obstinate very stubborn, in way that is annoying and unreasonable :
　 ▪ I have never met anyone so obstinate.
　 ▪ his obstinate refusal to compromise
▪pig-headed informal refusing to change your mind, even when people think that what you want to do is stupid :
　 ▪ I told her she was making a big mistake but she was too pig-headed to listen.
　 ▪ I wish you’d stop being so pig-headed!
▪headstrong very determined to do what you want, often without thinking about the results of your actions – used especially about young people :
　 ▪ As a girl, she had been lively and headstrong.
　 ▪ the headstrong impulsiveness of youth
▪wilful British English (also willful American English) doing what you want, even after you have been told to stop, or when you know that it is wrong – used especially about children :
　 ▪ He was a spoiled and wilful child, who always got his own way.
　 ▪ She was passionate and wilful – exactly the sort of creature a man ought to avoid.
▪ornery American English behaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do :
　 ▪ an ornery kid
　 ▪ Teenagers can be ornery and rude.

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stubborn/obstinate refusal (=a refusal even when others think this is unreasonable)
▪ Her stubborn refusal to admit the truth was trying his patience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
refusal
▪ Ballater sensed obstinate refusal rather than a willingness to bargain.
▪ The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.
▪ A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ an obstinate refusal to face facts
▪ Ed is being obstinate again.
▪ How do you deal with an obstinate teenager who always says she isn't hungry?
▪ You know I'm right really. You're just being obstinate.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.
▪ An obstinate fellow, if ever there was one, and a very elusive one too.
▪ Good advice you just have to give way to these obstinate creatures.
▪ Old dirt is obstinate and also begins to destroy the fibres if left.
▪ She had an obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes.
▪ The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.
▪ Those words of my New Hampshire neighbor seem to mock my trivial but obstinate frustration.