Definition of "balkiness" []

• The state or quality of being balky. (noun)

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• "He actually called him "more courageous" than Arafat, whose balkiness incensed the president."
• "If the administration had any doubts about China's resentment and balkiness, it lost them when Chinese President Jiang Zemin was finally heard from on Tuesday night."
• "I had to set aside that obsolescent hippie balkiness and adopt a pragmatic attitude for the task ahead."