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# obstinacy

«obstinacy» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of refusing to change your mind or give in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (obstinacies)

### meaning for a pupil

The state of refusing to change your mind or give in, even when you should. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinacy/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a king or hero refuses to give way and is punished for it

### examples

- His obstinacy got him into trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinacy/#x1)
- Her obstinacy made her refuse to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinacy/#x2)
- Through his own obstinacy he lost the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinacy/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «obstinacy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/obstinacy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.