Usually means: Stubbornly refusing to change opinion.
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  1. obstinate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. obstinate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obstinate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. obstinate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. obstinate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Obstinate, obstinate: Wordnik
  7. obstinate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. obstinate: Wiktionary
  9. obstinate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. obstinate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. obstinate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. obstinate: Dictionary.com
  13. obstinate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. obstinate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Obstinate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. obstinate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. obstinate: Rhymezone
  18. obstinate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. obstinate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Obstinate: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  21. obstinate: Free Dictionary
  22. obstinate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. obstinate: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. obstinate: Encyclopedia

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  2. obstinate: Medical dictionary

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  1. obstinate: Idioms

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  1. Obstinate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See obstinately as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
adjective:  (of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.
adjective:  (of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.

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