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Definition of Intransigence
1. Noun. The trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise.
Generic synonyms: Bullheadedness, Obstinacy, Obstinance, Pigheadedness, Self-will, Stubbornness
Derivative terms: Intransigent, Intransigent
Definition of Intransigence
1. Noun. Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree. ¹
2. Noun. The state of being intransigent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intransigence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intransigence
Literary usage of Intransigence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Red Paper" of Mexico: An Exposé of the Great Cientifico Conspiracy to by Mexican Bureau of Information, New York, New York Mexican Bureau of Information (1914)
"This intransigence of General Zapata, which remained unabated in the face of five
presidents—this intransigence, which was the fruit of a great faith and ..."
2. Preparing for Climate Change: Proceedings, Second North American Conference (1993)
"Then, overregulation leads to further intransigence and so on, ... A spiral of
overregulation and intransigence will prevent that concerted action at the ..."
3. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"To Catholicism he pays what he considers a put tribute for its stern, unbending
intransigence in the enunciation of its dogma, its tenaciousness thereof, ..."
4. Nation Against State: A New Approach to Ethnic Conflicts and the Decline of by Gidon Gottlieb (1993)
"The power of terror and of gruesome acts to cut the road to compromise is well
tested. intransigence and extremism reinforce arguments to postpone a ..."
5. Government Versus Trade Unionism in British Politics Since 1968 by Gerald Allen Dorfman (1979)
"Together they greatly enhanced and sharpened the growing societal debate about
how to deal with union intransigence. These documents appeared at the height ..."
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