adamance
Refusal to bend
Adamance is unyielding firmness of position or opinion—the quality of refusing to be moved or persuaded.
The word derives from adamant, historically a legendary unbreakable stone.
Her adamance on the issue surprised everyone who expected compromise.
The noun is less common than the adjective adamant but carries the same sense of immovable resolve.
Unyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
willfulness · obduracy · recalcitrance · contrariness · defiance · immovability · uncooperativeness · pertinacity
Firmness of purpose
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
- convictionFirmly held belief
- willpowerMental strength resisting impulse
perseverance · tenacity · commitment · fortitude · grit · dedication · persistence · backbone
State of being unbending
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- immutabilityInability to change
- uncompromisingnessRefusal to make concessions
implacability · inexorability · hardness · fixedness · unalterability · irrevocability
obstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
mulishness · willfulness · obduracy · recalcitrance · contrariness · defiance · immovability · uncooperativeness · pertinacity · hardheadedness
determination
Firmness of purpose
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
- convictionFirmly held belief
willpower · perseverance · tenacity · commitment · fortitude · grit · dedication · persistence · backbone · spine
rigidity
State of being unbending
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- immutabilityInability to change
uncompromisingness · implacability · inexorability · hardness · fixedness · unalterability · irrevocability
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
- tenacitydetermined, persistence, persistent, perseverance, determination
- steadinessstability, consistency, constancy, steadiness, steadfastness
adamanceflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
pliability · yielding · malleability · open-mindedness · acquiescence
adamancecomplaisance
Desire to please others
compliance · submissiveness · docility · meekness · accommodation
adamanceflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
pliability · yielding · malleability · tractability · compliance