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Noun

1. 1
   The principles of intransigents; refusal to compromise. uncountable

   ""Clerical intransigentism became a phrase as common as political intransigentism. It opposed innovations.""

Synonyms

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inflexibilityintransigencerelentlessnessrigiditystiffnesstoughness

Example

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""Clerical intransigentism became a phrase as common as political intransigentism. It opposed innovations.""

Etymology

From intransigent + -ism.

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