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intransigent

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Pronunciation
/ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/
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/ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/ · /ɪnˈtɹæn.zə.d͡ʒənt/

Definition of intransigent

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
    “Don't waste your time trying to change his mind: he's completely intransigent.”
    “Since I have been asked to do this in very brief compass, the harsh tone and terse style of my presentation will make my contentions appear more dogmatic and intransigent than I should wish them to be.”
    “Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.”
    “On the Spanish side, the war increased the anti-Cuban animosity and distrust felt by the most intransigent peninsulares.”
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adj

  1. Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
    “Don't waste your time trying to change his mind: he's completely intransigent.”
    “Since I have been asked to do this in very brief compass, the harsh tone and terse style of my presentation will make my contentions appear more dogmatic and intransigent than I should wish them to be.”
    “Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.”
    “On the Spanish side, the war increased the anti-Cuban animosity and distrust felt by the most intransigent peninsulares.”

noun

  1. A person who is intransigent.

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Etymology

Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).

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