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recalcitrancy

recalcitrancy noun: recalcitrance.

Noun

recalcitrancy (countable and uncountable, plural recalcitrancies)

  1. recalcitrance

Forms of recalcitrancy

pluralrecalcitrancies

Origin of recalcitrancy

In use since at least 1869 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985).

Questions about recalcitrancy

What does recalcitrancy mean?
Recalcitrancy means recalcitrance.
What part of speech is recalcitrancy?
Recalcitrancy is a noun.
What is the plural of recalcitrancy?
The plural of recalcitrancy is recalcitrancies.

Words near recalcitrancy in the dictionary

  1. recalcing
  2. recalcining
  3. recalcitrance
  4. recalcitrances
  5. recalcitrancies
  6. recalcitrancy
  7. recalcitrant
  8. recalcitrantly
  9. recalcitrants
  10. recalcitrate
  11. recalcitrated

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