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- adjective
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- stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising [Princeton Review]
- refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action; stubborn [Barron]
- perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion [Taisha]
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