Obstinate

a.	1.	Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; - usually implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. - Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. - Pope. Of sense and outward things. - Wordsworth.
	2.	Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

Verb	1.	obstinate - persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"
Adj.	1.	obstinate - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing Synonyms: cussed, obdurate, unrepentant
	2.	obstinate - resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" Synonyms: wayward, perverse, contrary
	3.	obstinate - persisting in a reactionary stand Synonyms: unregenerate, stubborn

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