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Intransigent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Refusing compromise; uncompromising; inflexible; irreconcilable.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Refusing to agree or come to an understanding; uncompromising; irreconcilable: used especially of some extreme political party. See intransigentist.

n. Same as intransigentist.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Word Usage

"Confrontation at the University of the Witwatersrand, the administration of which it described as intransigent, highlighted the need for undemocratic and unrepresentative councils to disband and for transformation forums to be established."

Equivalent

inflexible

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

uncompromising inflexible irreconcilable radical obstinate

Same Context

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