pigheadedness
Refusing to budge
Pigheadedness is stubborn refusal to change one's mind or course of action despite good reasons to do so.
The word carries more contempt than stubbornness alone—it suggests the obstinacy is willful and unreasonable: His pigheadedness cost us the deal.
Related forms: pigheaded, pigheadedly.
Unyielding adherence to position
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- doggednessUnyielding determination to continue
obduracy · contrariness · perversity · pertinacity · self-will · unreasonableness · single-mindedness · close-mindedness
Refusal to compromise
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- immovabilityInability to be shifted
- rigidityState of being unbending
unbendingness · uncompromisingness · implacability · intractability · fixedness · hardheadedness · unmovability · incompliance
Stubborn refusal to obey
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
disobedience · uncooperativeness · rebelliousness · refusal · opposition · antagonism · dissent · nonconformity
Persistent grip or resolve
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
steadfastness · fortitude · resoluteness · willpower · indomitability · relentlessness · purposefulness · constancy
obstinacy
Unyielding adherence to position
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
doggedness · obduracy · contrariness · perversity · pertinacity · self-will · unreasonableness · single-mindedness · close-mindedness · narrow-mindedness
intransigence
Refusal to compromise
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- immovabilityInability to be shifted
rigidity · unbendingness · uncompromisingness · implacability · intractability · fixedness · hardheadedness · unmovability · incompliance · obdurateness
recalcitrance
Stubborn refusal to obey
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
contumacy · disobedience · uncooperativeness · rebelliousness · refusal · opposition · antagonism · dissent · nonconformity · contrariety
tenacity
Persistent grip or resolve
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resolveFirmness of purpose
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
grit · steadfastness · fortitude · resoluteness · willpower · indomitability · relentlessness · purposefulness · constancy · firmness
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, bullheadedness, mulishness, hardheadedness
- closed-mindednessclosed-mindedness, close-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, inflexibility, rigidity
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- tenacitydetermined, persistence, persistent, perseverance, determination
- combativenessaggression, antagonism, belligerence, bellicosity, combativeness
pigheadednessflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
open-mindedness · receptiveness · receptivity · adaptability · pliability
pigheadednesscompliance
Adhering to requirements
obedience · docility · acquiescence · submission · yielding
pigheadednessreasonableness
Quality of being fair-minded
reasonability · rationality · level-headedness · sensibleness · judiciousness