intransigence
/ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/
intransigence noun: unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
Noun
intransigence (countable and uncountable, plural intransigences)
- Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
- Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
- The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators.
- Synonyms:
- intransigency, stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
intransigence meaning in Kannada
intransigence in Kannada
- ಛಲ, ಹಠಸ್ವಭಾವ, ಹಿಡಿದ ಪಟ್ಟು ಬಿಡದಿರುವಿಕೆ
Examples of intransigence in a sentence
- It is Soviet intransigence that has kept those efforts from bearing fruit.1981 January 16, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address:
- The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22...
- Forced to make a flying visit to Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.2022 November 7, “The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell”, in The Guardian, archived from the...
- "We feel that we've been compelled to take this action due to the intransigence of the Government," said RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch.2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8:
Synonyms of intransigence
Forms of intransigence
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Origin of intransigence
From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising".
Questions about intransigence
- What does intransigence mean?
- Intransigence means unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
- What is intransigence in Kannada?
- Intransigence in Kannada is ಛಲ, ಹಠಸ್ವಭಾವ, ಹಿಡಿದ ಪಟ್ಟು ಬಿಡದಿರುವಿಕೆ. See Intransigence meaning in Kannada.
- How do you use intransigence in a sentence?
- It is Soviet intransigence that has kept those efforts from bearing fruit.
- What part of speech is intransigence?
- Intransigence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intransigence?
- Intransigence is pronounced /ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/.
- What is the plural of intransigence?
- The plural of intransigence is intransigences.
Words near intransigence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intransigence (page history and authors); intransigence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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