The word "stubbornness" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is a noun which refers to the quality of being stubborn, i.e. refusing to change one's opinion or attitude despite being faced with pressure or evidence to the contrary. For example, you could say, "His stubbornness was apparent even in the face of logical arguments against his point of view."
In any case, we can be grateful for Brown's stubbornness here.
For Roach, acting with self-professed stubbornness, the bike was just another challenge to be overcome.
Sometimes if I am lucky I move my fruit cart and hide in the narrow lane before the officials arrive," says Pujan, who is used to paying the consequence for his stubbornness.
Michael White writes: To stay in public life for 26 years after being rejected resoundingly by the electorate and one's own party suggests either implacable determination or bloody-minded stubbornness.
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected]'s ToriesSIR It is easy to understand Bagehot's anguish (December 9th) at the British people's stubbornness in refusing to see virtue in William Hague.
Sortu, the non-violent separatist movement that emerged in 2011, may have to drag ETA towards peace yet again.That would be welcomed by Madrid, but government stubbornness carries risks.
America's poorest state is now the only one to keep that old, divisive emblem prominently on its flag.The explanation is the usual southern brew of stubbornness, pride in a traduced past and, sometimes, prejudice.
John Kerry has been repeating the charge of stubbornness at every chance he gets.The administration has responded to Mr Clarke's charges with a torrent of personal censure, impugning his motives by accusing him of everything from frustrated ambition to political disloyalty and to being "out of the loop" (Dick Cheney's term).
The generals say they have tried, but have been thwarted by Miss Suu Kyi's "stubbornness" in insisting she should attend any talks.
Ice races were a deep-rooted tradition by the early 19th century, especially in the northern province of Friesland, where the fields and canals are longest, and the local farmers see taciturn stubbornness as a virtue.
Russian tenacity, stubbornness, and a willingness to win at any cost crushed the Thousand Year Reich in the 20th century, and should not be underestimated in the 21st.Craig Brown Buckholts, TexasSIR – With reference to the claim that a Russian army is no match for a conventional NATO army, I would ask what NATO army?
