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intransigentism

intransigentism noun: the principles, practice, or predisposition (nature) of intransigents: perennial refusal to compromise.

Noun

intransigentism (uncountable)

  1. The principles, practice, or predisposition (nature) of intransigents: perennial refusal to compromise.
    • Near-synonyms: intransigence, intransigency
    • "Clerical intransigentism became a phrase as common as political intransigentism. It opposed innovations."1899, Charles Melville Pepper, To-morrow in Cuba

Synonyms of intransigentism

Origin of intransigentism

From intransigent + -ism.

Questions about intransigentism

What does intransigentism mean?
Intransigentism means the principles, practice, or predisposition (nature) of intransigents: perennial refusal to compromise.
What part of speech is intransigentism?
Intransigentism is a noun.

Words near intransigentism in the dictionary

  1. intransigeants
  2. intransigence
  3. intransigences
  4. intransigency
  5. intransigent
  6. intransigentism
  7. intransigentist
  8. intransigentists
  9. intransigently
  10. intransigents
  11. intransitable

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