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(adjective) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing / (adjective) hardened in feelings / (adjective) resistant to persuasion or softening influences

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obdurate



They are a close, loving family, and, given the tsar and tsarina’s obdurate myopia, they are utterly doomed.

—p.15 The Prehistory of 1917 (5) by China Miéville
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The human mind's obdurate tendency to overconfidence becomes a major liability for humanity when the decision-making is delegated to tiny numbers of highly privileged minds.

—p.120 Ever greater impact, ever less benefit: high-tech capital's mysterious lack of growth (111) by Bob Hughes
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