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a) Unwillingness to change ones views or to agree.
The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators.
b) The state of being intransigent.
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intransigence — index incompatibility (difference), tenacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
intransigence — 1882, from Fr. intransigeant, from intransigeant (see INTRANSIGENT (Cf. intransigent)). Related: Intransigency … Etymology dictionary
intransigence — n. intransigence about * * * [ɪn trænsɪdʒ(ə)ns] intransigence about … Combinatory dictionary
intransigence — [[t]ɪntræ̱nsɪʤ(ə)ns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with poss (disapproval) If you talk about someone s intransigence, you mean that they refuse to behave differently or to change their attitude to something. [FORMAL] He often appeared angry and frustrated… … English dictionary
intransigence — intransigent ► ADJECTIVE ▪ refusing to change one s views. ► NOUN ▪ an intransigent person. DERIVATIVES intransigence noun intransigency noun intransigently adverb. ORIGIN from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by extreme republicans);… … English terms dictionary
intransigence — noun Date: 1882 the quality or state of being intransigent … New Collegiate Dictionary
intransigence — See intransigent. * * * … Universalium
intransigence — Synonyms and related words: adamantness, dourness, firmness, flintiness, grimness, hard bittenness, hard nosedness, immovability, immutability, implacability, impliability, inelasticity, inexorability, inflexibility, intransigeance, intransigency … Moby Thesaurus
intransigence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible: die hardism, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigency,… … English dictionary for students
intransigence — in|tran|si|gence [ ın trænsıdʒəns ] noun uncount FORMAL an unreasonable refusal to change your ideas or behavior … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
