Definition of intransigent Intransigent
/ɪntɹæˈnsʌʤʌnt/ - [intransujunt] - in•tran•si•gent
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What does intransigent mean?
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| 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, adamantine, inexorable | ||
| inflexible resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade"; | ||
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- intransigent (Adjective)
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intransigent (a.)
Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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intransigent
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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intransigent
in-tran′si-jent, adj. refusing to come to any understanding, irreconcilable.—ns. Intran′sigentism, the political practice or principles of such; Intran′sigentist, one who practises such a method of opposition, esp. a member of a revolutionary party in Spain about 1873, and of a socialistic party in France. [Fr. intransigeant—Sp. intransigente—L. in, not, transigens, pr.p. of transigĕre, to transact.]
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🔤- intransigent, noun, singular of intransigents.
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