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Recalcitrance

//ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being recalcitrant. countable, uncountable

    "But the prime minister’s [Benjamin Netanyahu's] recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity."

  2. 2
    the trait of being unmanageable wordnet

Etymology

In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance.

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