Some trainee teachers can't cope with the recalcitrance of many pupils.
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Recalcitrance
//ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns//
Synonyms for "recalcitrance" (148 found)
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cursorinessdefiancedefiance of authoritydemurdespitedeviationdisaccorddisaccordancedisagreementdisconformitydisinclinationdisobediencedisputedisrelishdissensiondissentdissentiencedistasteenmityfoot dragging
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foot-draggingfractiousnessfrictiongrudging consentgrudgingnesshostilityinaccordanceincongruityinconsistencyincorrigibilityindisposednessindispositionindocilityindomitabilityinimicalnessinsuppressibilityinterferenceintractabilityintractablenessirrepressibilitykicklack of enthusiasmlack of zealmutinousness
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negativenessnegativismnolitionnoncompliancenonconcurrencenonconformancenonconformismnonconformitynoncooperationnonobservanceobjectionobstinacyobstreperousnessoppositionopposureoppugnanceoppugnancyoriginalityornerinesspassive resistance
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perfunctorinessperversenessprotestreactionrebuffrecalcitrancyrecalcitrationrecoilrecusancerecusancyrefusalreluctanceremonstrancerenitencerenitencyrepellencerepellencyrepercussionrepugnancerepulserepulsionresistancerestivenessrevoltrivalryshrewishnessslownessstandstubbornnesssulksulkinesssulkssullennessswimming upstreamunconformityuncontrollabilityuncooperativenessunenthusiasmungovernabilityunmalleabilityunmanageabilityunmoldablenessunrulinessunsubmissivenessuntamablenessunwillingnessvyingwildnesswithstanding
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5 translations across 4 languages.
French
1 entries- récalcitrance noun (state of being recalcitrant)
Italian
1 entries- recalcitranza noun (state of being recalcitrant)
Polish
2 entries- krnąbrność noun (state of being recalcitrant)
- nieposłuszność noun (state of being recalcitrant)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- odupiranje noun (state of being recalcitrant)
Sample sentences
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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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