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intransigent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adamant, adamantine, inexorable |
| Derivation | intransigence, intransigency |
an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency.
Examples of intransigent
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Iran's intransigent stand toward negotiations augurs more death and destruction.
From the time.com
The once-intransigent Iraqi parliament had passed some key pieces of legislation.
From the newsobserver.com
But if America continues to be intransigent, the talks in Rome will be fraught.
From the economist.com
My one hesitancy is that he's bringing it all to the intransigent Shanahan system.
From the washingtonpost.com
Childhood mortality in sub-Saharan Africa has been staggeringly intransigent.
From the online.wsj.com
They get lost, they bust an axle, they acquire a goat from the intransigent granny.
From the stltoday.com
Inertia is universal and intransigent in economic and social systems as well.
From the forbes.com
Becton succeeded Smith at the helm of a broken and intransigent bureaucracy.
From the washingtonpost.com
As usual, the intransigent I.T.U. was at odds with the rest of the newspaper unions.
From the time.com
- Adamant: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
- (intransigency) the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
- Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn
- (adj.) refusing to compromise, often on an extreme opinion (The intransigent child said he would have 12 scoops of ice cream or he would bang his head against the wall until his mother fainted from fear.)
- (adj.) : not ready to agree or compromise
- (adj) - uncompromising; solid, strong
