obduracy
pronunciation
How to pronounce obduracy in British English:
UK ['ɒbdjərəsɪ]
How to pronounce obduracy in American English:
US [ˈɑbdʊrəsi, -djʊr-]
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- Noun:
- resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Word Origin
- obduracy (n.)
- "stubbornness," 1590s, from obdurate + -cy.
Example
- 1. It is a tale of missed opportunities , obduracy and short-sightedness , all which are pushing the middle east towards greater instability .
- 2. Will hutton 's latest article was characteristically persuasive , but I fear that his argument and any associated attempts to be serious about tax will always founder on the twin reefs of public obduracy .
- 3. For some , including russia and china thus far , the only answer to iran 's obduracy is more talks .
- 4. The problem has not simply been of ineptness on the part of the eurozone leaders or of obduracy on the side of the grey-haired technocrats at the european central bank though both elements , it should be said , have played their part .
- 5. As prospects for a rescue plan seem to be fading , largely thanks to german obduracy , nervous investors have driven interest rates on greek government bonds sky-high , sharply raising the country 's borrowing costs .