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INTRACTABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being hard to influence or control
Synonyms:
intractability; intractableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("intractability" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intractability"):
recalcitrance; recalcitrancy; refractoriness; unmanageableness (the trait of being unmanageable)
wildness (an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature)
defiance; rebelliousness (intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude)
fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness; willfulness (the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline)
balkiness (likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly)
mulishness; obstinacy; obstinance; stubbornness (the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome)
disobedience (the trait of being unwilling to obey)
Antonym:
tractability (the trait of being easily persuaded)
Derivation:
intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)
