intractabilityn.
/ɪnˌtraktəˈbɪlɪti/ The quality of being intractable; intractableness:
a. of persons or animals.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun]
obstination?1387
pertinacyc1390
obstinacya1393
thronessa1400
stubbornnessc1440
obstinance?a1475
durenessc1480
pertinacity?1504
stomacha1513
stiffness1526
tenacity1526
persistence1546
obstacleness1548
obstinateness1561
stiffneckedness1570
self-mindedness1574
intractability1579
persistency1600
obstinancy1614
contumacy1619
stomachfulness1621
tenaciousness1642
pertinaciousness1651
irresignation1657
peremptoriness1747
mulishness1763
strongheadedness1793
dourness1794
unmovableness1818
stoutheartedness1826
bullet-headednessa1849
stalwartism1879
camelishness1883
thick and thin1884
stupidity1886
jusqu'auboutisme1917
die-hardism1922
obstinative-
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance
unbowsomeness1340
wincing1426
restiness?c1550
restiffness?1561
restiveness?1561
intractability1579
untractablenessa1600
indocility1648
non-compliance1648
intractableness1664
non-complying1687
uncompliableness1687
incompliance1708
non-cooperation1795
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
uncompliability1880
bolshiness1975
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 22 Virginio, (to whose intractabilitie and obstinacie, he referred the chiefe occasion of all these disorders).
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris (ed. 2) Pref. p. xix It is not to be regretted..that something of intractability should manifest itself.
1890 ‘L. Falconer’ Mademoiselle Ixe (1891) i. 33 The incapacity of the teachers or the intractability of the pupils.
b. Of things.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult or intractable
intractability1738
intractableness1802
unhandiness1883
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 219 The greater portions of the physical system may, from the intractability of Matter, be subject to some inconsiderable irregularities.
1828 W. Sewell Oxf. Prize Ess. 5 Barrenness and intractability of soil.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 588 His observation as to the intractability of advanced laryngeal phthisis.
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