intransigence
noun
the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility.
intransigency
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a variation of
intransigence.
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a word derived from
intransigent.
intransigentadjectiverefusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
Example Sentences
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Some of his bright young Foreign Service subordinates bristle at the old man's intransigency.
From Time Magazine Archive
First a dramatic discovery of the cause of the magters' intransigency.
From Sense of Obligation by Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
First, a dramatic discovery of the cause of the magters' intransigency.
From Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
