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单词 intransigence
释义

intransigence

noun

in·​tran·​si·​gence in-ˈtran(t)-sə-jən(t)s How to pronounce intransigence (audio)
-ˈtran-zə-
: the quality or state of being intransigent

Synonyms

  • bullheadedness
  • doggedness
  • hardheadedness
  • mulishness
  • obduracy
  • obdurateness
  • obstinacy
  • obstinateness
  • opinionatedness
  • pertinaciousness
  • pertinacity
  • pigheadedness
  • self-opinionatedness
  • self-will
  • stubbornness
  • willfulness
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Example Sentences

her intransigence on the issue was simply frustrating
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Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

intransigence

noun

as in stubbornness
a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion her intransigence on the issue was simply frustrating

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stubbornness
  • obduracy
  • obstinacy
  • persistence
  • pigheadedness
  • bullheadedness
  • persistency
  • resolve
  • doggedness
  • hardheadedness
  • willfulness
  • pertinacity
  • determination
  • obdurateness
  • inflexibility
  • defiance
  • wrongheadedness
  • perversity
  • steadfastness
  • adamancy
  • mulishness
  • opinionatedness
  • implacability
  • tenacity
  • recalcitrance
  • waywardness
  • self-will
  • self-opinionatedness
  • obstinateness
  • adamance
  • rebelliousness
  • perseverance
  • pertinaciousness
  • perverseness
  • tenaciousness
  • rigidity
  • inveteracy
  • intractability
  • inexorability
  • relentlessness
  • sternness
  • rigidness
  • single-mindedness
  • disobedience
  • strictness
  • bloody-mindedness
  • cussedness
  • cantankerousness
  • hardness
  • anal-retentiveness
  • firmness
  • contumacy
  • contrariness
  • immovability
  • insubordination
  • unruliness
  • narrow-mindedness
  • stick-to-itiveness
  • rigorousness
  • recalcitrancy
  • refractoriness
  • rigor
  • immovableness
  • frowardness
  • balkiness
  • obstreperousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • acquiescence
  • receptiveness
  • reasonableness
  • receptivity
  • acceptance
  • flexibility
  • reasonability
  • pliability
  • pliancy
  • docility
  • compliance
  • subordination
  • willingness
  • obedience
  • broad-mindedness
  • open-mindedness
  • subservience
  • surrender
  • submission
  • slavishness
  • subserviency
  • pliableness
  • yielding
  • pliantness
  • subordinateness
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