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pigheaded

 adjective
     
pig‧head‧ed
determined to do things the way you want and refusing to change your mind, even when there are good reasons to do so [= stubborn]:
Never have I met a woman so obstinate, so pigheaded!
—pigheadedness noun [uncountable]
It was just sheer pigheadedness on his part.
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