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recalcitrancy
re·cal·ci·trant R0078100 (rĭ-kăl′sĭ-trənt)adj.1. Stubbornly resistant to or defiant of authority or guidance. See Synonyms at obstinate.2. Difficult to manage or deal with: a recalcitrant problem.3. Resistant to chemical decomposition; decomposing extremely slowly.n. A recalcitrant person. [Late Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrant-, present participle of recalcitrāre, to be disobedient, from Latin, to deny access : re-, re- + calcitrāre, to kick (from calx, calc-, heel).] re·cal′ci·trance, re·cal′ci·tran·cy n.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | recalcitrancy - the trait of being unmanageable recalcitrance, refractoriness, unmanageablenessintractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control |
recalcitrancynoun1. The disposition boldly to defy or resist authority or an opposing force:contempt, contumacy, defiance, despite, recalcitrance.2. The quality or condition of being unruly:disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness. MedicalSeerecalcitrantrecalcitrancy Related to recalcitrancy: obstinatelySynonyms for recalcitrancynoun the disposition boldly to defy or resist authority or an opposing forceSynonyms- contempt
- contumacy
- defiance
- despite
- recalcitrance
noun the quality or condition of being unrulySynonyms- disorderliness
- fractiousness
- indocility
- intractability
- intractableness
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- recalcitrance
- refractoriness
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- unruliness
- untowardness
- wildness
Synonyms for recalcitrancynoun the trait of being unmanageableSynonyms- recalcitrance
- refractoriness
- unmanageableness
Related Words- intractability
- intractableness
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