adhesiveness antipathy application assiduity assiduousness averseness aversion backwardness balkiness bigotry bulldog tenacity bullheadedness cantankerousness cohesiveness concentration consistency constancy contempt contumaciousness contumacy cursoriness defiance defiance of authority despite determination diligence disagreement disinclination disobedience disrelish dissent distaste dogged perseverance doggedness dogmatism durability endurance engrossment fanaticism fidelity firmness fixed mind foot-dragging fractiousness fundamentalism gluiness glutinosity grudging consent grudgingness gumminess hardheadedness hardiness hardness headstrongness immovability immutability impliability indefatigability indisposedness indisposition indocility inductility industriousness industry inelasticity inexorability inextensibility inflexibility inflexible will infrangibility insistence insistency intolerance intractability intractableness irresilience irresiliency lack of enthusiasm lack of zeal lastingness leatherlikeness loyalty mulishness mutinousness nolition obduracy obdurateness obstinacy obstinateness obstreperousness opinionatedness opposition orneriness orthodoxy overzealousness patience patience of Job perfunctoriness permanence perseverance persistence persistency pertinaciousness pertinacity pigheadedness plodding plugging precisianism preoccupation purism puritanism recalcitrance recalcitrancy recalcitration refractoriness refusal relentlessness reluctance renitence renitency repugnance resistance resolution restiveness retention rigidity rigidness rigor rigorousness ropiness sedulity sedulousness self-will single-mindedness singleness of purpose slogging slowness snugness stability stamina staying power steadfastness steadiness stick-to-itiveness stickiness stiff neck stiff-neckedness stiffness strength stringiness strongheadness sulk sulkiness sulks sullenness tackiness tenaciousness tenacity tightness tirelessness toughness unalterability unbendingness unbreakability unbreakableness uncompromisingness uncooperativeness unenthusiasm unlimberness unmalleability unpliability unregenerateness unrelentingness unremittingness unruliness unswerving attention unwillingness unyieldingness viscidity viscosity vitality wildness willfulness