Intransigent

He is a stubborn and intransigent demagogue.

He's a stubborn and intransigent demagogue.

People with criminal inclinations, inclined toward authoritarianism, cynicism, manipulation, intrigue, and terror, sympathize with Stalin. Revolutionary leftist democrats with a decisive, intransigent character, ready to achieve a goal, much prefer Lenin.

Mary tried to convince Tom to come back, but he was intransigent.

Don't waste your time trying to change his mind: he's completely intransigent.

Since I have been asked to do this in very brief compass, the harsh tone and terse style of my presentation will make my contentions appear more dogmatic and intransigent than I should wish them to be.

Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.

On the Spanish side, the war increased the anti-Cuban animosity and distrust felt by the most intransigent peninsulares.