From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstubborn resistance/refusal/determination etcstubborn resistance/refusal/determination etca very strong and determined refusal etc a stubborn refusal to face reality → stubborn
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stubborn resistance/refusal/determination etc• However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.• What accounted for this stubborn resistance of nationalities to the predicted assimilation?• As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.• After two-and-a-half years of stubborn resistance, the Republic collapsed rapidly during the first three months of 1939.• There was no cheering on the part of the men, but a stubborn determination to obey orders and do their duty.• Perhaps it was her stubborn refusal to see her family broken up that made Mrs Breen appealing to Farnham. 