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Intransigence

//ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree. countable, uncountable

    "The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators."

  2. 2
    the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise wordnet

Etymology

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".

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