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intransigent

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in·tran·si·gent also in·tran·si·geant  (n-trns-jnt, -z-)
adj.
Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.

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

in·transi·gence, in·transi·gen·cy n.
in·transi·gent n.
in·transi·gent·ly adv.

intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt]
adj
not willing to compromise; obstinately maintaining an attitude
n also in'transigentist
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an intransigent person, esp in politics
[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]
intransigence , intransigency n
intransigently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"

intransigent
Translations
intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt] ADJintransigente
intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪənt] adjintransigeant(e)
intransigent
adjunnachgiebig
intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒnt] adjintransigente


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