Today’s “Word of the Day” is “obstinacy“ and it is a noun meaning “stubbornness, inflexibility, bull-headedness, perversity, uncooperativeness, stiffness, rigidity, relentlessness, single-mindedness, self-opinionatedness, doggedness”.
Example Sentence: In an initial statement, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said it would wait for the declaration to take effect through parliamentary procedures. “If this happens, it will be a historic victory of the year-long farmers’ struggle in India,” it noted. “However, nearly 700 farmers have been martyred in this struggle. The Government’s obstinacy is responsible for these avoidable deaths, including the murders at Lakhimpur Kheri,” it stated.
This word is present in The Hindu article Farmers hail ‘historic victory’, but won’t wind up strike now and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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