固執|こしつkoshitsu[0]heiban (flat)

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こしゅうkoshuu[0]heiban (flat)
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbsticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
    彼かれはまだ自分じぶんの意思いしに固執こしつしている。↗
    He still sticks to his opinion.
Conjugation
Dictionary form固執する(こしつする)
Polite (masu)固執します(こしつします)
Negative (nai)固執しない(こしつしない)
polite (masen)固執しません(こしつしません)
classical zu / nu固執せず・固執せぬ(こしつせず・こしつせぬ)
Past (ta)固執した(こしつした)
polite (mashita)固執しました(こしつしました)
Past negative (nakatta)固執しなかった(こしつしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)固執しませんでした(こしつしませんでした)
Te form固執して(こしつして)
Potential固執できる(こしつできる)
Passive固執される(こしつされる)
Causative固執させる(こしつさせる)
Causative passive固執させられる(こしつさせられる)
Conditional (ba)固執すれば(こしつすれば)
tara固執したら(こしつしたら)
Volitional固執しよう(こしつしよう)
polite (mashou)固執しましょう(こしつしましょう)
Imperative固執しろ(こしつしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym柔軟じゅうなんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Flexible and adaptable, the exact opposite of 固執, which clings to one's own opinions and refuses to bend.
  • Antonym妥協だきょうNeutralNeutral. One or both parties in a dispute give way to reach agreement; the opposite of 固執, which insists on one's own opinion without yielding.

Use 「固執」 for stubbornly refusing to let go of an opinion or approach, as in 「自説に固執する」. The opposites are 「妥協」, reaching agreement by giving way, and 「柔軟」, staying flexible.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 自分じぶんの意見いけんを押し通おしとおし、妥協だきょうしないこと。
  2. 過去かこの出来事できごとがいつまでも心こころの内うちに残のこり、影響えいきょうを及およぼすこと。
  3. こだわる。
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