Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In politics, the quality of absolute irreconcilableness; dogged hostility; obstinate refusal to make compromise.
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- noun The quality of
intransigence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
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Examples
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This was the first step in a programme of action to highlight management "intransigency" in resolving pay disparities and low wages in Parliament.
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I saw the Republican intransigency, the refusal to cooperate, the assertions of innacurate talking points.
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Efforts by humanitarian organizations are no match for Israel's malicious intransigency.
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To envision such a society has become extraordinary and so have men who defended with intransigency the right for all to normality.
Aldo Civico: Colombia: In Memoriam of Luis Carlos Galan 2009
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Efforts by humanitarian organizations are no match for Israel's malicious intransigency.
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Everyone's interests are best served by a re-vote, so declarations of intransigency are bad news for everyone involved.
Florida And Michigan Governors Demand Seating Of Delegates 2009
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Under these conditions of joint US-Israeli intransigency more rigidly in place today than ever, how can there ever be a meaningful peace process.
Noam Chomsky and Gilbert Achcar's New Book - Perilous Power 2006
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"This is due to intransigency and arrogance of the Minister in the Office of the Presidency," he said.
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But if the international community wants the hopeful prospects for the days, months and years ahead to materialize for Iraq, we must confront the reality of Saddam Hussein's intransigency.
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Independence Party (UNIP) of Kenneth Kaunda of intransigency, making impractical pre-talks conditions.
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