Definition of "obstinancy" [obstinancy]

• Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate. (noun)

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• "Pierferdinando Casini, the head of the right-leaning Union Christian Democrats party, which backed Mr. Berlusconi in previous governments, called for an end to the governing coalition's "obstinancy.""
• "Can someone please explain the hesitancy, obstinancy of some states in using their stimulus money?"
• "For I felt certain that whatever it was that they professed, their contumacy and inflexible obstinancy obviously demanded punishment."