recalcitrance

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/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/

Definition of recalcitrance

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noun

(countable, uncountable)The state of being recalcitrant.

“But the prime minister’s [Benjamin Netanyahu's] recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity.”

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In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance.

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