recalcitrance
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recalcitrance
- /ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/
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In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance.
noun recalcitrances
- The state of being recalcitrant. Such evaluation, abstracted from historical necessity, was in Hegel's opinion a symptom of the sterile recalcitrance of Fichte and the Romantics.
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noun state of being recalcitrant
| Français | récalcitrance |
|---|---|
| Italiano | recalcitranza |
Talk about this word "recalcitrance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/recalcitrance. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. recalcitrance. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/recalcitrance "recalcitrance." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/recalcitrance.Cite this
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