Some trainee teachers can't cope with the recalcitrance of many pupils.
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Recalcitrance
/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/
Synonyms for "recalcitrance" (152 found)
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Noun(1 words)
antagonismantipathyaversenessaversionbacklashbackwardnessbad bloodchallengeclashingcollisioncombative reactioncompetitioncomplaintconflictconfutationcontemptcontradictioncontrapositioncontrarietycontrariness
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defiancedefiance of authoritydemurdespitedeviationdisaccorddisaccordancedisagreementdisconformitydisinclinationdisobediencedisputedisrelishdissensiondissentdissentiencedistasteenmityfoot draggingfoot-dragging
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Noun(2 words)
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negativenessnegativismnolitionnoncompliancenonconcurrencenonconformancenonconformismnonconformitynoncooperationnonobservanceobjectionobstinacyobstreperousnessoppositionopposureoppugnanceoppugnancyoriginalityornerinesspassive resistance
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perfunctorinessperversenessprotestreactionrebuffrecalcitrancyrecalcitrationrecoilrecusancerecusancyrefractorinessrefusalreluctanceremonstrancerenitencerenitencyrepellencerepellencyrepercussionrepugnancerepulserepulsionresistancerestivenessrevoltrivalryshrewishnessslownessstandstubbornnesssulksulkinesssulkssullennessswimming upstreamunconformityuncontrollabilityuncooperativenessunenthusiasmungovernabilityunmalleabilityunmanageabilityunmoldablenessunrulinessunsubmissivenessuntamablenessunwillingnessvyingwildnesswithstanding
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6 entriesbehavioral recalcitrancecellular recalcitranceeducational recalcitrancegenetic recalcitranceinstitutional recalcitrancetissue recalcitrance
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5 entriesbehavioral recalcitranceclinical recalcitranceeducational recalcitrancegenetic recalcitranceinstitutional recalcitrance
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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.
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