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• n  resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

• But that kind of principled pigheadedness seems perfectly in character for a man who has spent two decades of his creative life on a single mission: a cycle of 10 linked plays .
• The Chinese authorities first banned the film, then allowed its release after deleting scenes that depicted Maoist torture and pigheadedness.
• Some data points: Harvard prof Harvey Mansfield's highbrow Manliness cites Achilles to, yes, Margaret Thatcher for such qualities as honor, bravery, pigheadedness.

• stubbornness
• bullheadedness
• obstinacy
• obstinance
• self-will

News & Articles

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• Editorial: Obama’s hand looks weaker by the day
  President Obama warns that the pigheadedness of House Republicans is going to lead to a catastrophic default on America’s debt. The president’s media Greek chorus, lined up behind him on stage in the shutdown drama, utters frightful lamentations right on cue.
  Oct. 15, 2013 - The Troy Record

Quotes

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• John Howard in Sydney Morning Herald
  They are quite astonishing figures,Mr Howard said. "They underline the enormous value of globalisation and the importance of continued economic growth. They also underline the uninformed pigheadedness of those who demonstrate against APEC...
• Michael Laws in Wanganui Chronicle
  Mr Laws said while he sympathised with the junior doctors' claims, "the pigheadedness shown by both the DHBs and the RDA condemns them both".
• Nick Moran in WalesOnline
  The drive and compulsion and the energy and vigour became the pigheadedness and the arrogance,explains Nick.