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31Ford, Henry — born July 30, 1863, Wayne county, Mich., U.S. died April 7, 1947, Dearborn, Mich. U.S. industrialist and pioneer automobile manufacturer. Ford worked his way up from a machinist s apprentice (at age 15) to the post of chief engineer at the Edison …
32obstinacy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refusal to comply Nouns 1. obstinacy, stubbornness, tenacity, doggedness; obduracy, obduration, insistence, resolution; intransigency, immovability, inflexibility, hardness, willpower; self will, will of …
33tenacity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Persistence Nouns tenacity, cohesion, coherence; holding, strength; viscidity, viscosity; pertinacity, perseverance, persistence, resolution, patience; obstinacy, resistance, constancy, retention.… …
34Tenacity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Tenacity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,328,} tenacity toughness strength Sgm: N 1 2 =>(cohesion) ???>46 Sgm: N 1 grip grip grasp stickiness =>(cohesion) …
35stubborn — [[t]stʌ̱bə(r)n[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is stubborn or who behaves in a stubborn way is determined to do what they want and is very unwilling to change their mind. He is a stubborn character used to getting his own way... His face was set… …
36obstinacy — n. 1. Stubbornness, doggedness, headiness, wilfulness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity, persistency, firmness, resoluteness. 2. Fixedness, immovability, stubbornness, tenacity, tenaciousness …
37innate — innate, inborn, inbred, congenital, hereditary, inherited are comparable but not wholly synonymous terms that refer to qualities which either are or seem to be derived from one s inheritance or from conditions attending one s birth or origin.… …
38bullheadedness — noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires • Syn: ↑stubbornness, ↑obstinacy, ↑obstinance, ↑pigheadedness, ↑self will • Derivationally related forms: ↑pigheaded (for: ↑ …
39intractableness — noun the trait of being hard to influence or control • Syn: ↑intractability • Ant: ↑tractability (for: ↑intractability) • Derivationally related forms: ↑intractable, ↑ …
40pigheadedness — noun resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires • Syn: ↑stubbornness, ↑bullheadedness, ↑obstinacy, ↑obstinance, ↑self will • Derivationally related forms: ↑pigheaded, ↑obstinate ( …
