First Known Use: circa 1879
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intransigent
adjective in·tran·si·gent \-jənt\
: completely unwilling to change : very stubborn
Full Definition of INTRANSIGENT
: characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : uncompromising <intransigent in their opposition> <an intransigent attitude>
— intransigent noun
— in·tran·si·gent·ly adverb
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Origin of INTRANSIGENT
Spanish intransigente, from in- + transigente, present participle of transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to come to an agreement — more at transact
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- adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, obstinate, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
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