Meaning and example
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
The passage used "obdurate" to mean stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.237 places obdurate in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 59.4% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
Similar-prevalence words
gerontologyRare
- Known by
- 59.5%
the branch of medical science that deals with diseases and problems specific to old people
incorruptionRare
- Known by
- 59.7%
characterized by integrity or probity
perspicacityRare
- Known by
- 59.7%
intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
effronteryRare
- Known by
- 59.2%
audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
perspicaciousRare
- Known by
- 59.2%
acutely insightful and wise
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
Definitions and related terms are derived from WordNet. This page is part of the curated indexable word set.