Recalcitrancy

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    recalcitrance. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the trait of being unmanageable wordnet

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Etymology

In use since at least 1869 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985).

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