pigheadedness
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/ˌpɪɡˈhed.ɪd.nəs/ us/ˌpɪɡˈhed.ɪd.nəs/
固执
the quality or act of unreasonably refusing to change your plan or opinion, or to listen to different opinions
Critics accused them of pigheadedness. 批评者指责他们顽固。
Water restrictions are a result of the government's incompetence and pigheadedness regarding the building of dams. 限水是政府在修建水坝方面的无能和顽固的结果。
See: pigheaded
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- There was a limit to even my pigheadedness.
- Are you so insecure about your own authority that you would resort to this level of pigheadedness?
- It is easy to assume that the mistakes were simply due to individual pigheadedness.