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Definition of Intransigent

1. Adjective. Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason. "An intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"

Definition of Intransigent

1. a. Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable.

Definition of Intransigent

1. Adjective. Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn. ¹

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Definition of Intransigent

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intransigent

Literary usage of Intransigent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Intransigent, COMMUNIST, NIHILIST, SOCIALIST. Intransigent, ir French intransigeant and Spanish intransigente, is a compound of the Lath in, not, ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1921)
"This latter volume it described as an "intransigent book," and Mr. ... goes on to say that Sophie is an "intransigent person." There seems to be some little ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1881)
"... and perhaps Spain, are in favour of a militant and intransigent attitude. The embarrassments of this position have recently been grievously aggravated ..."

4. Diplomat's Dictionary by Charles W. Freeman, Jr. (1995)
"Nicholas II (of Russia), 1909 Public opinion, foreign policy and: "Public opinion is always wrong, much too intransigent in war, much too yielding in peace, ..."

5. Negotiating While Fighting: The Diary of Admiral C. Turner Joy at the Korean by Charles Turner Joy, Allan E. Goodman (1978)
"This resulted in two blasts from R to me which in effect said to carry out my orders and adopt an intransigent attitude towards Commies in doing so. ..."

6. Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry by Estelle Haan (2005)
"... or at their own bad luck, which they attribute to the gods (58).59 But if gods can be intransigent in their cruelty, so too can the bowls themselves. ..."

7. Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of by Robert Michels (1915)
"... to the most radical and intransigent solutions, to those which accord most strictly with socialist principles. It is of course true, on the other hand, ..."

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