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INTRANSIGENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Example:

an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency

Synonyms:

adamant; adamantine; inexorable; intransigent

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Adjectives

Similar:

inflexible (incapable of change)

Derivation:

intransigence; intransigency (the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise)

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