intransigence
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intransigence
- /ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/
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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".
noun intransigences
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Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
Similar: intransigency, stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
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noun intransigence
| Español | intransigencia |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 不妥協 /不妥协 bùtuǒxié |
| Français | intransigeance |
| Deutsch | Unnachgiebigkeit, Intransigenz |
| Ελληνικά | αδιαλλαξία adiallaxía |
| Română | intransigență |
| Русский | непримири́мость neprimirímostʹ, непрекло́нность nepreklónnostʹ, бескомпроми́ссность beskompromíssnostʹ |
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title = {intransigence},
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