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# stubbornness

«stubbornness» in Mova's school dictionary: **refusing to change your mind or do what others want, even…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (stubbornness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stubbornness is refusing to change your mind or do what others want, even when there are good reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#m1)

2) Stubbornness can also be a good thing, meaning determination: not giving up when things are hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#m2)

3) Stubbornness of a thing means it is hard to move, remove or fix: the stubbornness of a stain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and PSHE it is a character trait, sometimes a fault and sometimes a strength. In everyday talk parents describe toddlers' stubbornness. Phrases: "out of stubbornness", "sheer stubbornness", "stubbornness of a mule" (mules are thought of as stubborn).

### examples

- His stubbornness stopped him from saying sorry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x1)
- Out of stubbornness, she would not wear a coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x2)
- Her stubbornness helped her finish the marathon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x3)
- The toddler's stubbornness made bedtime hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x4)
- Mules are famous for their stubbornness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x5)
- Sheer stubbornness kept the team going in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x6)
- The stubbornness of the stain meant we had to scrub it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x7)
- It is better to yield than to come to misfortune through stubbornness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubbornness/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: two n's in the middle (stubborn + ness). Uncountable. Adjective: stubborn; adverb: stubbornly. Close words: obstinacy (formal), pigheadedness (informal), determination (positive).

### In the corpora

- [For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.406/)
- [But have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.283/)
- [So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, that they might walk in their own counsels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1450/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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