recalcitrant
adjective
resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
recalcitrancy
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a word derived from
recalcitrant.
Example Sentences
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But he, bitter against the educational recalcitrancy of England, wanted to make a point against the "hard-dying social stigma which attaches to being in trade" in England.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under this extreme recalcitrancy lies trouble of a kind that is manufactured only in Ireland.
From Time Magazine Archive
He held no kindness for Malcolm Lightener, for Lightener had befriended Bonbright in his recalcitrancy.
From Youth Challenges by Clarence Budington Kelland
I suppose I shall ding some recalcitrancy into them some day, but it is uphill work.
From Erewhon Revisited by Samuel Butler
Her recalcitrancy was kept up the larger part of one day, and she made the place almost unbearable that night by screaming and moaning.
From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by William Healy
