stiff-neckedness
Refusal to yield
Stiff-neckedness is stubborn refusal to yield or change one's position.
The image is of someone who won't bow their head in submission or turn to consider another view.
The term carries biblical overtones—ancient prophets accused their people of being stiff-necked before God.
His stiff-neckedness cost him the negotiation.
Refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- hardheadednessInflexible persistence in opinion
intransigence · obduracy · recalcitrance · willfulness · contrariness · pertinacity · doggedness · inflexibility
State of being unbending
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- resolutenessFirmness of purpose
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
firmness · tenacity · implacability · uncompromisingness · intractability · relentlessness · persistence · determination
Excessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
imperiousness · pomposity · conceit · snobbery · lordliness · high-handedness · condescension · disdain
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
hardheadedness · intransigence · obduracy · recalcitrance · willfulness · contrariness · pertinacity · doggedness · inflexibility · immovability
rigidity
State of being unbending
- unbendingnessQuality of being unyielding
- adamancyFirm refusal to yield
- resolutenessFirmness of purpose
steadfastness · firmness · tenacity · implacability · uncompromisingness · intractability · relentlessness · persistence · determination · resolve
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
superciliousness · imperiousness · pomposity · conceit · snobbery · lordliness · high-handedness · condescension · disdain · contemptuousness
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
stiff-neckednessflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
open-mindedness · adaptability · pliability · suppleness · receptiveness
stiff-neckednesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
teachability · meekness · docility · modesty · receptivity
stiff-neckednesssubmissiveness
Disposition to obey others
compliance · obedience · acquiescence · yielding · pliancy
stiff, stiffness, stiffen, stiffened, stiffening, stiffly, stiffer, stiffest, neck