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bullheadedness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness |
| Type of | firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve |
| Has types | intransigency, impenitence, impenitency, intransigence |
| Derivation | bullheaded |
Examples of bullheadedness
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Where my wife and I saw bullheadedness, my father saw resolve.
From the nytimes.com
Fisher, through innate political savvy and sheer bullheadedness, willed the Harbor School into existence.
From the nytimes.com
His reputation for daring and bullheadedness as a pilot was softened by his vulnerability and need to be admired and loved.
From the signonsandiego.com
Successes like Rosa's require bullheadedness and a certain animal cunning, qualities that Actress Gemma Jones mimes impressively.
From the time.com
In light of this, opposition to Golden Rice increasingly looks like bullheadedness rooted in a desire to halt GM at any cost.
From the newscientist.com
Fox plays Jack with an unsparing intensity that allows you to see the reasons for Jack's bullheadedness without necessarily liking him for it.
From the entertainment.time.com
Although only in their mid-20s at the time and operating out of Page's Stanford University dorm room, the two founders display a bullheadedness that borders on arrogance.
From the businessweek.com
McCain argued year after year, with Churchillian bullheadedness, that America needed a more aggressive and sophisticated counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Stubbornness: resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
