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549 lines
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{
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"obdurateness":{
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"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
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"examples":[
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"the man clung to his views on gun control with an obdurateness that was peculiarly impressive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bullheadedness",
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"doggedness",
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"hardheadedness",
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"intransigence",
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"mulishness",
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"obduracy",
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"obstinacy",
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"obstinateness",
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"opinionatedness",
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"pertinaciousness",
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"pertinacity",
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"pigheadedness",
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"self-opinionatedness",
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"self-will",
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"stubbornness",
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"willfulness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anal-retentiveness",
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"perverseness",
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"perversity",
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"waywardness",
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"wrongheadedness",
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"adamancy",
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"adamance",
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"determination",
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"implacability",
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"inexorability",
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"inflexibility",
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"inveteracy",
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"perseverance",
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"persistence",
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"persistency",
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"relentlessness",
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"resolve",
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"single-mindedness",
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"steadfastness",
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"stick-to-itiveness",
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"tenaciousness",
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"tenacity",
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"firmness",
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"hardness",
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"rigor",
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"rigorousness",
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"sternness",
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"strictness",
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"narrow-mindedness",
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"rigidity",
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"rigidness",
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"bloody-mindedness",
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"cantankerousness",
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"contrariness",
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"cussedness",
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"balkiness",
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"contumacy",
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"defiance",
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"disobedience",
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"frowardness",
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"immovability",
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"immovableness",
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"insubordination",
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"intractability",
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"obstreperousness",
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"rebelliousness",
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"recalcitrance",
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"recalcitrancy",
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"refractoriness",
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"unruliness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broad-mindedness",
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"open-mindedness",
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"reasonability",
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"reasonableness",
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"receptiveness",
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"receptivity",
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"acceptance",
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"acquiescence",
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"flexibility",
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"pliability",
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"pliableness",
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"pliancy",
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"pliantness",
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"compliance",
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"docility",
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"obedience",
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"subordinateness",
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"subordination",
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"submission",
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"surrender",
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"willingness",
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"yielding",
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"slavishness",
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"subservience",
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"subserviency"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"obdurately":{
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"as in ruthlessly , pitilessly":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"callously",
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"cold-bloodedly",
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"hard-heartedly",
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"heartlessly",
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"inhumanely",
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"inhumanly",
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"insensately",
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"insensitively",
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"mercilessly",
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"pitilessly",
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"ruthlessly",
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"tyrannically",
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"uncharitably",
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"unfeelingly",
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"unmercifully",
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"unsparingly",
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"brutally",
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"hard",
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"hardly",
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"harshly",
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"ill",
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"oppressively",
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"roughly",
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"severely",
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"sternly",
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"stiffly",
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"abusively",
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"brutishly",
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"savagely",
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"viciously",
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"aggressively",
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"assertively",
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"decidedly",
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"determinedly",
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"firmly",
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"grimly",
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"gruffly",
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"resolutely",
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"strongly",
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"toughly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clemently",
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"gently",
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"leniently",
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"lightly",
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"mildly",
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"softly",
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"benevolently",
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"benignantly",
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"considerately",
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"cordially",
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"graciously",
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"kindly",
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"lovingly",
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"tenderly",
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"charitably",
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"compassionately",
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"humanely",
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"mercifully",
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"softheartedly",
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"sympathetically",
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"tolerantly",
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"understandingly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"obdurate":{
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"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
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"examples":[
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"the obdurate refusal of the crotchety old man to let the neighborhood kids retrieve their stray ball from his backyard"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affectless",
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"callous",
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"case-hardened",
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"cold-blooded",
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"compassionless",
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"desensitized",
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"hard",
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"hard-boiled",
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"hard-hearted",
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"heartless",
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"indurate",
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"inhuman",
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"inhumane",
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"insensate",
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"insensitive",
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"ironhearted",
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"merciless",
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"pachydermatous",
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"pitiless",
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"remorseless",
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"ruthless",
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"slash-and-burn",
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"soulless",
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"stony",
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"stoney",
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"stonyhearted",
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"take-no-prisoners",
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"thick-skinned",
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"uncharitable",
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"unfeeling",
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"unmerciful",
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"unsparing",
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"unsympathetic"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boorish",
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"heedless",
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"inconsiderate",
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"thoughtless",
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"uncaring",
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"unfriendly",
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"unloving",
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"unthinking",
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"grim",
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"hard-bitten",
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"harsh",
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"heavy-handed",
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"ironfisted",
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"ironhanded",
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"jackbooted",
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"knock-down, drag-out",
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"knock-down-and-drag-out",
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"oppressive",
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"rough",
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"rough-and-tumble",
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"severe",
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"sledgehammer",
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"stern",
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"tough",
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"ungentle",
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"abusive",
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"acrimonious",
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"disagreeable",
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"hateful",
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"ill-natured",
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"ill-tempered",
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"malevolent",
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"malicious",
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"mean",
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"rancorous",
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"spiteful",
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"surly",
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"virulent",
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"barbarous",
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"bestial",
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"brutal",
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"brutish",
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"cruel",
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"evil-minded",
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"savage",
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"vicious",
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"austere",
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"cold",
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"frosty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"benevolent",
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"benignant",
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"gentle",
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"kind",
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"clement",
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"indulgent",
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"lenient",
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"mild",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"tolerant",
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"understanding",
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"affectionate",
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"fond",
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"loving"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"charitable",
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"compassionate",
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"humane",
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"kindhearted",
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"kindly",
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"merciful",
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"sensitive",
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"softhearted",
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"sympathetic",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted",
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"warm",
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"warmhearted"
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]
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},
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"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
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"examples":[
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"an obdurate farmer who could never be convinced to try a different method of fertilization"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adamant",
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"adamantine",
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"bullheaded",
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"dogged",
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"hard",
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"hard-nosed",
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"hardened",
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"hardheaded",
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"headstrong",
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"immovable",
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"implacable",
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"inconvincible",
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"inflexible",
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"intransigent",
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"mulish",
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"obstinate",
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"opinionated",
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"ossified",
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"pat",
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"pertinacious",
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"perverse",
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"pigheaded",
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"self-opinionated",
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"self-willed",
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"stiff-necked",
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"stubborn",
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"unbending",
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"uncompromising",
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"unrelenting",
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"unyielding",
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"willful",
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"wilful"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anal-retentive",
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"obsessive",
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"wayward",
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"wrongheaded",
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"determined",
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"hell-bent",
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"inexorable",
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"persistent",
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"relentless",
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"resolved",
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"set",
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"single-minded",
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"steadfast",
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"stouthearted",
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"tenacious",
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"unflinching",
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"firm",
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"hard-line",
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"hard-shell",
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"hard-shelled",
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"iron",
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"severe",
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"stern",
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"strict",
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"hidebound",
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"narrow-minded",
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"rigid",
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"bloody-minded",
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"cantankerous",
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"contrary",
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"cussed",
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"contumacious",
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"disobedient",
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"froward",
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"insubordinate",
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"intractable",
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"recalcitrant",
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"refractory",
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"uncooperative",
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"ungovernable",
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"unmanageable",
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"unruly",
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"defiant",
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"insurgent",
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"mutinous",
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"indomitable",
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"invincible",
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"unconquerable",
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"confirmed",
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"inveterate",
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"unregenerate",
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"demanding",
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"exacting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"docile",
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"obedient",
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"placable",
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"submissive",
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"tractable",
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"accepting",
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"persuadable",
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"receptive",
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"responsive",
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"willing",
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"governable",
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"manageable",
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"reasonable",
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"temperate",
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"slavish",
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"subservient"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"acquiescent",
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"agreeable",
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"amenable",
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"compliant",
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"complying",
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"flexible",
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"pliable",
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"pliant",
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"relenting",
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"yielding"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"obduracy":{
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"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
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"examples":[
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"the administrator was known for her unyielding obduracy even in the face of proof that she was wrong"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bullheadedness",
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"doggedness",
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"hardheadedness",
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"intransigence",
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"mulishness",
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"obdurateness",
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"obstinacy",
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"obstinateness",
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"opinionatedness",
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"pertinaciousness",
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"pertinacity",
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"pigheadedness",
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"self-opinionatedness",
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"self-will",
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"stubbornness",
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"willfulness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anal-retentiveness",
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"perverseness",
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"perversity",
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"waywardness",
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"wrongheadedness",
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"adamancy",
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"adamance",
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"determination",
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"implacability",
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"inexorability",
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"inflexibility",
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"inveteracy",
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"perseverance",
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"persistence",
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"persistency",
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"relentlessness",
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"resolve",
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"single-mindedness",
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"steadfastness",
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"stick-to-itiveness",
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"tenaciousness",
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"tenacity",
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"firmness",
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"hardness",
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"rigor",
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"rigorousness",
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"sternness",
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"strictness",
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"narrow-mindedness",
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"rigidity",
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"rigidness",
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"bloody-mindedness",
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"cantankerousness",
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"contrariness",
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"cussedness",
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"balkiness",
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"contumacy",
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"defiance",
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"disobedience",
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"frowardness",
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"immovability",
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"immovableness",
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"insubordination",
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"intractability",
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"obstreperousness",
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"rebelliousness",
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"recalcitrance",
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"recalcitrancy",
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"refractoriness",
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"unruliness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broad-mindedness",
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"open-mindedness",
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"reasonability",
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"reasonableness",
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"receptiveness",
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"receptivity",
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"acceptance",
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"acquiescence",
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"flexibility",
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"pliability",
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"pliableness",
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"pliancy",
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"pliantness",
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"compliance",
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"docility",
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"obedience",
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"subordinateness",
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"subordination",
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"submission",
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"surrender",
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"willingness",
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"yielding",
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"slavishness",
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"subservience",
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"subserviency"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |