noun (n)

• deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  perverseness, perversity
  

  source: wordnet30
• a fussy and eccentric disposition(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  crankiness, crotchetiness, grumpiness
  

  source: wordnet30
• state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinacy.(noun)

  source: webster1913