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intransigence

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in⋅tran⋅si⋅gent

  [in-tran-si-juhnt]
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–adjective
1. refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible.
–noun
2. a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
Also, in⋅tran⋅si⋅geant.

Origin:
1875–80; < Sp intransigente, equiv. to in- in- 3 + transigente (prp. of transigir to compromise) < L trānsigent- (s. of trānsigēns, prp. of trānsigere to come to an agreement); see transact

Related forms:
in⋅tran⋅si⋅gence, in⋅tran⋅si⋅gen⋅cy, noun
in⋅tran⋅si⋅gent⋅ly, adverb
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in·tran·si·gent also in·tran·si·geant   (ĭn-trān'sə-jənt, -zə-)   
adj.  Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.

[French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente : in-, not (from Latin; see in-1) + transigente, present participle of transigir, to compromise (from Latin trānsigere, to come to an agreement : trāns-, trans- + agere, to drive; see ag- in Indo-European roots).]
in·tran'si·gence, in·tran'si·gen·cy n., in·tran'si·gent n., in·tran'si·gent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

intransigent 
1881, from Fr. intransigeant, from Sp. los intransigentes, lit. "not coming to an agreement," name for extreme republican party in Sp. Cortes 1873-4, from in- "not" + transigente "compromising," from L. transigentem (nom. transigens), prp. of transigere "come to an agreement, accomplish, to carry through" (see transact). Acquired its generalized sense in Fr.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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