Definition of "stubbornness" [stubbornness]

• The state of being stubborn. (noun)

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• "And Iola, while she was provoked by what she called his stubbornness, was yet secretly proud of that silently resisting strength she could neither shake nor break."
• "Now I have to rip my story to bare bones and try it from every possible angle to make it work with my original two characters because my stubbornness is prevailing in this matter."
• "I assume that stubbornness is what has made them more successful and less criminal than their male counterparts."