intransigence
[in-tran-si-juh ns]
- the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility: No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
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Also in·tran·si·gen·cy.
Origin of intransigence
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Examples from the Web for intransigence
Contemporary Examples
It rightly blames both Israeli and Palestinian intransigence for its failure.
He has dealt with a great deal of intransigence from the GOP-controlled Congress.
Harry Shearer on Being Nixon, ‘The Simpsons Movie’ Sequel, and Why Obama Should Return His NobelMarlow Stern
October 21, 2014
With this last sentence Weisberg returns to the call to intransigence with which he began his book.
Economic progress in Afghanistan is an understated success story, too often overshadowed by the intransigence of the Taliban.
To See the Progress in Afghanistan, Stop Viewing the Country Through a Western LensSam Schneider
February 11, 2014
The contrast could not have been greater between a pair of diplomatic breakthroughs and the intransigence of Congress.
Historical Examples
It is Soviet intransigence that has kept those efforts from bearing fruit.
There was a growing resentment in Britain against the colonials' intransigence.
The Road to Independence: Virginia 1763-1783Virginia State Dept. of Education
Word Origin and History for intransigence
n.
1882, from French intransigeant, from intransigeant (see intransigent). Related: Intransigency.
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