intransigent

in·tran·si·gent

also in·tran·si·geant  (ĭn-trăn′sə-jənt, -zə-)

adj.

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

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[French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente : in-, not (from Latin; see in-¹) + transigente, present participle of transigir, to compromise (from Latin trānsigere, to come to an agreement : trāns-, trans- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]

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in·tran′si·gence, in·tran′si·gen·cy n.

in·tran′si·gent n.

in·tran′si·gent·ly adv.

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intransigent

or

intransigeant

adj

not willing to compromise; obstinately maintaining an attitude

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an intransigent person, esp in politics

[C19: from Spanish los intransigentes the uncompromising (ones), a name adopted by certain political extremists, from in-¹ + transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to settle; see transact]

inˈtransigence, inˈtransigeance, inˈtransigency n

inˈtransigently, inˈtransigeantly adv

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in•tran•si•gent

or in•tran•si•geant

(ɪnˈtræn sɪ dʒənt)

adj.

1. refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.

n.

2. an intransigent person, as in politics.

[1875–80; < French intransigeant < Sp intransigente=in- in-³ + transigente accommodating]

in•tran′si•gence, in•tran′si•gen•cy, n.

in•tran′si•gent•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

intransigent - 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" adamant, inexorable, adamantine inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"

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intransigent

adjective uncompromising, intractable, tough, stubborn, hardline, tenacious, unyielding, obstinate, immovable, unbending, obdurate, stiff-necked, inflexible, unbudgeable The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent.
compromising, flexible, open-minded, compliant, acquiescent

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intransigent

adjective

Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:

adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding.

Idiom: stubborn as a mule.

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Translations

intransigentkompromisslos

αδιάλλακτος

impitoyableintransigeant

intransigenteintransigenza

intransigente

intransigent

[ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt] ADJ → intransigente

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intransigent

[ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒ^ənt] adj → intransigeant(e)

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intransigent

adj → unnachgiebig

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intransigent

[ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒ/ənt] adj → intransigente

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