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Meaning of obstinate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  obstinate
      adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious
             unwillingness to yield [syn: {stubborn}, {obstinate},
             {unregenerate}] [ant: {docile}]
      2: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: {cussed},
         {obdurate}, {obstinate}, {unrepentant}]
      3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
         contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
         perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: {contrary},
         {obstinate}, {perverse}, {wayward}]
      v 1: persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all
           rational arguments"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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