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Intransigent

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Adjective

1. adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent

impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Example Sentences:
'he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind'
'Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him'
'an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Intransigent

see synonyms of intransigent
adjective
1. 
not willing to compromise; obstinately maintaining an attitude
noun also: intransigentist (ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒəntɪst)
2. 
an intransigent person, esp in politics

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Intransigent

see synonyms of intransigent
adjective
1. 
refusing to compromise or come to an agreement; uncompromising
2. 
that cannot be reconciled
noun
3. 
a person who is intransigent, esp. in politics

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Intransigent

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adj.
Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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