recalcitrance

re·cal·ci·trant  (r-kls-trnt)

adj.

Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance. See Synonyms at unruly.

n.

A recalcitrant person.

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[Late Latin recalcitrns, recalcitrant-, present participle of recalcitrre, to be disobedient, from Latin, to deny access : re-, re- + calcitrre, to kick (from calx, calc-, heel).]

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re·calci·trance, re·calci·tran·cy n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

recalcitrance - the trait of being unmanageable       recalcitrancy, refractoriness, unmanageableness intractability, intractableness - the trait of being hard to influence or control

Translations

recalcitrance [rɪˈkælsɪtrəns] N → terquedad f, contumacia f (frm)

recalcitrance [rɪˈkælsɪtrəns] n

(= reluctance)
the government's recalcitrance over introducing even the smallest political reform → la répugnance du gouvernement à introduire ne serait-ce que d'infimes réformes politiques

(= stubbornness) → obstination f

recalcitrance

n → Aufsässigkeit f

recalcitrance [rɪˈkælsɪtr/əns] n (frm) → riluttanza

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recalcitrance [rɪˈkælsɪtr/əns] n (frm) → riluttanza