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Soheil1 Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

Willful

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The blind spot allows a person in such a situation to feign an act of agency that masks a deeper lack of agency; it is at once willful ignorance and knee-jerk self-protection.

How does willful differ

1-from stubborn,

and

2-from insistent?

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soheil1 How does willful differ 1-from stubborn, and 2-from insistent? 'willful' is closer in meaning to 'stubborn'. willful: headstrong, obstinate, stubborn stubborn: obstinate, tenacious, unyielding insistent: adamant, demanding, assertive CJ

  • soheil1 How does willful differ 1-from stubborn, and 2-from insistent?
  • 'willful' is closer in meaning to 'stubborn'.
  • willful: headstrong, obstinate, stubborn stubborn: obstinate, tenacious, unyielding insistent: adamant, demanding, assertive CJ
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soheil1

How does willful differ
1-from stubborn,
and
2-from insistent?

'willful' is closer in meaning to 'stubborn'.

willful: headstrong, obstinate, stubborn
stubborn: obstinate, tenacious, unyielding
insistent: adamant, demanding, assertive

CJ

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