intransigence
Unwillingness to change one's views or to agreeUnwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
» Tom's intransigence is so frustrating.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators.
Unnachgiebigkeit, Intransigenz
непримири́мостьneprimirímostʹ, непрекло́нностьnepreklónnostʹ, бескомпроми́ссностьbeskompromíssnostʹ
- the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
Examples
2 sentencesTom's intransigence is so frustrating.
The prejudices against Québec exist due to its linguistic intransigence.
ruПредубеждения против Квебека существуют из-за их лингвистического упрямства.
Translations
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Origin
From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigentFrom French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising".
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Forms
plural: intransigences| Singular | intransigence |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise:intransigency
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable