4
mulishness(noun, obstinacy, unreasonableness, willfulness)
4
polarity(noun, support, split, condition, division)
4
rebelliousness(noun, order, disregard, command, challenge)
3
antithesis(noun, support, characteristic, change, split)
3
conflict
3
contrast(noun, characteristic, change, opposition, difference)
3
hardheadedness(noun, obstinacy, unreasonableness, willfulness)
3
intractability(noun, unruliness)
3
noncooperation(noun, resistance, disobedience, insolence, stubbornness)
3
repugnance(noun, unwillingness)
3
tenacity(noun, obstinacy, unreasonableness, willfulness)
3
unfriendliness(noun, split, division, separation, divergence)
3
unruliness(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition)
3
willfulness(noun, resistance, obstinacy, disobedience, stubbornness)
2
balkiness(noun, unwillingness)
2
bullheadedness(noun, obstinacy, unreasonableness, willfulness)
2
cussedness
2
difference(noun, characteristic, change, alteration, variance)
2
disobedience(noun, disregard, opposition, resistance, boldness)
2
frowardness
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