intransigent (redirected from intransigents)

in·tran·si·gent also in·tran·si·geant  (n-trns-jnt, -z-)

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 trnsigere, to come to an agreement : trns-, trans- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]

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in·transi·gence, in·transi·gen·cy n.

in·transi·gent n.

in·transi·gent·ly adv.

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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

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

Translations

intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt] ADJ → intransigente

intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒ^ənt] adj → intransigeant(e)

intransigent

adj → unnachgiebig

intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒ/ənt] adj → intransigente

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intransigent [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒ/ənt] adj → intransigente