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单词 recalcitrance
释义

recalcitrance

noun

re·​cal·​ci·​trance ri-ˈkal-sə-trən(t)s How to pronounce recalcitrance (audio)
: the state of being recalcitrant

Synonyms

  • balkiness
  • contrariness
  • contumacy
  • defiance
  • disobedience
  • frowardness
  • insubordination
  • intractability
  • obstreperousness
  • rebellion
  • rebelliousness
  • refractoriness
  • unruliness
  • waywardness
  • willfulness
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Example Sentences

punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges
Recent Examples on the Web There was a 20-year track record of recalcitrance, after all. Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 3 Oct. 2020 This recalcitrance was particularly surprising given that the 2017 fire was not the hospital’s first in recent times. Tabassum Barnagarwala, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2022 Despite the recalcitrance of the GOP duo, the committee continues be reluctant to take the step of forcing their cooperation. Annie Grayer, CNN, 12 Jan. 2022 Why is Chuck Schumer so baffled by Joe Manchin’s recalcitrance? Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 18 Mar. 2022 Biden should embrace bipartisanship despite the past year of Republican recalcitrance. Paul Begala, CNN, 26 Feb. 2022 There is also the matter of the House select committee on January 6, which continues to unearth information about the siege of the Capitol a year later, and will persist with its investigation despite recalcitrance from potential witnesses. Grace Segers, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2021 Others, morally retrograde members of society, will resist and face denunciation for their recalcitrance. Damon Linker, The Week, 26 Oct. 2021 That recalcitrance to discuss matters with the board continued in 2018, according to the report, when regulators began to investigate claims of employee misconduct. Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

recalcitrance

noun

as in rebellion
refusal to obey punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • rebellion
  • defiance
  • intractability
  • rebelliousness
  • willfulness
  • disrespect
  • disobedience
  • waywardness
  • unruliness
  • contumacy
  • insubordination
  • contrariness
  • refractoriness
  • rudeness
  • stubbornness
  • frowardness
  • obstreperousness
  • noncooperation
  • obduracy
  • balkiness
  • obstinacy
  • pigheadedness
  • ungraciousness
  • civil disobedience
  • inconsiderateness
  • perversity
  • tenacity
  • impoliteness
  • doggedness
  • tenaciousness
  • peevishness
  • pertinacity
  • insolence
  • inconsideration
  • impudence
  • hardheadedness
  • obdurateness
  • impertinence
  • discourteousness
  • mischievousness
  • mulishness
  • naughtiness
  • pertinaciousness
  • obstinateness
  • knavery
  • self-will

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • subordination
  • compliance
  • obedience
  • tractability
  • submission
  • subservience
  • agreeability
  • amenability
  • amiability
  • slavishness
  • subserviency
  • submissiveness
  • deference
  • subordinateness
  • tractableness
  • docility
  • dutifulness
  • trainability
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