Antonyms for stubbornnessstub·born·ness

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1. stubbornness

   Antonyms:
   compunction, contriteness, contrition, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance, self-condemnation, sorrow

   Synonyms:
   approval, comfort, complacency, content, hardness, impenitence, obduracy, obstinacy, self-approval, self-complacency, self-congratulation

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1. stubbornness, obstinacy, obstinance, mulishnessnoun

   the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

   Synonyms:
   bullheadedness, obstinance, pigheadedness, mulishness, self-will, obstinacy

2. stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness, self-willnoun

   resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

   Synonyms:
   self-command, obstinance, mulishness, bullheadedness, will power, willpower, self-control, possession, obstinacy, pigheadedness, self-possession, self-will

How to use stubbornness in a sentence?

1. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi:

   The Philippines' stubbornness is clearly the result of behind-the-scene instigation and political manipulation.

2. Anthony D'Angelo:

   Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

3. Janvier Chouteu-Chando:

   Stubbornness is the bearer of disaster…”

4. Peter McWilliams:

   Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from won't power to will power.

5. Governor Elvira Nabiullina:

   Inflation at 4 percent isn't stubbornness - it's a necessity for our economy, at the moment few people believe that we will reach 4 percent inflation (in 2017), and for us this is a challenge.

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