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intransigence
[ in-tran-si-juhns ]
noun
- the state or quality of being intransigent, or refusing to compromise or agree; inflexibility:
No agreement was reached because of intransigence on both sides.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intransigence1
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Example Sentences
It rightly blames both Israeli and Palestinian intransigence for its failure.
He has dealt with a great deal of intransigence from the GOP-controlled Congress.
With this last sentence Weisberg returns to the call to intransigence with which he began his book.
In times of too much intransigence, we need a call for flexibility.
Economic progress in Afghanistan is an understated success story, too often overshadowed by the intransigence of the Taliban.
It is Soviet intransigence that has kept those efforts from bearing fruit.
There was a growing resentment in Britain against the colonials' intransigence.
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