pertinacity
131perversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. obstinacy, obduracy, perverseness, mulishness, cussedness (sl.); waywardness, unconformity; contumacy, wickedness. See irascibility. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being… …
132stubbornness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. obstinacy, doggedness, inflexibility, pertinacity, indomitability, perverseness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, adamancy, refractoriness, mulishness, sullenness, pigheadedness, stupidity, intractableness, bullheadedness,… …
