Usually means: Stubborn refusal to change opinion.
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  1. obdurateness: Merriam-Webster
  2. obdurateness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obdurateness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. obdurateness: Wordnik
  5. obdurateness: Wiktionary
  6. obdurateness: Dictionary.com
  7. obdurateness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. obdurateness: FreeDictionary.org
  9. obdurateness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. obdurateness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.

Similar:
obstinateness, obduracy, obstinance, obdurance, obstinacy, obstinancy, stubbornness, obstination, inflexibleness, doggedness, more...

Opposite:
flexibility, pliability, openness, adaptability

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Similar:
obstinateness, obduracy, obstinance, obdurance, obstinacy, obstinancy, stubbornness, obstination, inflexibleness, doggedness, more...

Opposite:
flexibility, pliability, openness, adaptability



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