obduracy

[ ob-doo-ruh-see, -dyoo- ]

noun

1. the state or quality of being obdurate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of obduracy¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; obdur(ate) + -acy

Example Sentences

“One of the peaks of the theatrical year,” Michael Billington wrote in The Guardian, adding that “while Stevenson shows how integrity can turn into obduracy, she also beautifully portrays the human cost of making medicine one’s god.”

From New York Times

She has good qualifications: a strong physique, single-mindedness, obduracy.

From Washington Post

But a year later, more than two dozen of them remain stuck in Afghanistan, stalled by bureaucratic wrangling, the vagaries of international diplomacy and the obduracy of the Taliban government.

From Los Angeles Times

I did get a better understanding of the deep roots of this endless battle, the obduracy of both sides.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a time of choices, dictated variously by the mounting and increasingly harsh protest of the segregated Black townships, the crucibles of revolt; by the obduracy of the white minority regime then led by President P.W.

From New York Times