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intransigence

[ UK /ɪntɹˈænsɪd‍ʒəns/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈtɹænsədʒəns, ˌɪnˈtɹænsɪdʒəns/ ]
NOUN
  1. the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise

How To Use intransigence In A Sentence

  • It planned for a mock battle, shammed unity, and were confused by the intransigence and solidarity of the other side.
  • It also commended Numsa members for continuing with the strike despite what it called the intransigence and arrogance of employers. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • Felled by the ward of his intransigence, levelled and laid flat, sword brandished in denial – sword wafting words uttered emphatically in a trial of words by words, falling for the trap of his own rhetorical thirst, falling into the gap between those who run first and those who carp and cry in the pack – an empty husk cracked and ablated, an old fool trashed. Archive 2007-04-01
  • His intransigence in climbing the mountain, his insistence on understanding, is a metaphor for what the book itself does.
  • He also said that he felt agreement could be achieved, if everyone was committed to doing so and slammed "backwoodsmen" within the DUP for intransigence. Northern Ireland Local News
  • The agreement's authors call it a purposeful end-run around the intransigence of national governments.
  • Is there any hint of extremism, intransigence, or just downright hostility in your attitude to certain brands?
  • In 2003, the legislative elections were cancelled due to this intransigence.
  • His intransigence was a refusal to bend within the social sciences.
  • The efforts failed due to unionist intransigence and nationalist boycott.
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