Meaning and example
persist stubbornly
He obstinates himself against all rational arguments
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 1.638 places obstinate in the common range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 95.4% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
astuteCommon
- Known by
- 95.4%
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
irrevocableCommon
- Known by
- 95.4%
incapable of being retracted or revoked
circumspectCommon
- Known by
- 95.4%
heedful of potential consequences
hyperboleCommon
- Known by
- 95.4%
extravagant exaggeration
gregariousCommon
- Known by
- 95.3%
(of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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