What is "obstinateness"

Obstinate \Ob"sti*nate\, a. [L. obstinatus, p. p. of obstinare to set about a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob (see Ob-) + a word from the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Destine.]

1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.

   I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine.
   --Sir W. Temple.

   No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate.
   --Pope.

   Of sense and outward things.
   --Wordsworth.

2. Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

   Syn: Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn. [1913 Webster] -- Ob"sti*nate*ly, adv. -- Ob"sti*nate*ness, n.

n. The characteristic of being obstinate.