empecinamiento

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Spanish

Etymology

From empecinar +‎ -miento.

Noun

empecinamiento m (plural empecinamientos)

  1. wilfulness, determination
    • 2016 May, “El eléctrico en manos de Ubico”, in Prensa Libre:
      La cuestión del sexto estado, en el segundo tercio del siglo XIX, llegó a constituir una aberración, un capricho en hombres tan eminentes como Miguel Larreinaga, como don Marcelo Molina, como don José María Gálvez, como don José Aguilar… Hoy pueden medirse los resultados del empecinamiento.
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  2. orneriness, intractability, stubbornness

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