[ noun ] resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible <noun.attribute>
Obduracy \Ob"du*ra*cy\, n. The duality or state of being obdurate; invincible hardness of heart; obstinacy. ``Obduracy and persistency.'' --Shak.
The absolute completion of sin in final obduracy. --South.
In the end, it is you who are paying the commission. Working out the charges on individual policies is a notoriously complicated affair because of the industry's obduracy in making its charging structure transparent.
Perhaps an enthusiasm for sex keeps you young. Moreover, even allowing for the fact that they are by definition the bolder members of their generation, it is their obduracy which is so striking.
So great is their obduracy that some farmers have taken to sinking small wells and storing the water, thus escaping the tyranny of the water boards. Sugar beet is very labour-intensive and thus its cultivation reduces unemployment.
So this summit has been one of those occasions when the notorious Japanese obduracy in deal-making worked to advantage.