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intransigence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/

Etymology

From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising".

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
   • Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
   • "We feel that we've been compelled to take this action due to the intransigence of the Government," said RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch. 2022 December 14, Mel Holley, “Network News: Strikes go on as RMT rejects RDG's "detrimental" offer”, in RAIL, number 972, page 8:
   • The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators.
   • Meanwhile, we have encouraged and supported efforts to reach a political settlement in Afghanistan which would lead to a withdrawal of Soviet forces from that country and meet the interests of all concerned. It is Soviet intransigence that has kept those efforts from bearing fruit. 1981 January 16, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address:
   • Rishi Sunak is not interested in the climate emergency – and everyone knows it. Forced to make a flying visit to Cop27, Mr Sunak’s intransigence made him an outcast at the UN summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. 2022 November 7, “The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s Cop27 trip: placing the planet on a road to hell”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2023:
   • The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence. Border hold-ups are counterproductive to winning hearts and minds, as were blundering Argentinian landings on the outer Falklands. 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2021:

Forms

Relateds

intransigent

Synonyms

intransigency · immovableness · stubbornness · intransigentism

Translations (21)

de Unnachgiebigkeit (intransigence) · es intransigencia (intransigence) · fi myöntymättömyys (intransigence) · ru непримири́мость (intransigence) · nb umedgjørlighet (intransigence) · ru непрекло́нность (intransigence) · ru бескомпроми́ссность (intransigence) · bg непримиримост (intransigence) · cmn 不妥協 /不妥协 (intransigence) · nl onverzettelijkheid (intransigence) · fr intransigeance (intransigence) · bg безкомпромисност (intransigence) · pl nieustępliwość (intransigence) · is þrjóska (intransigence) · de Intransigenz (intransigence) · pl nieprzejednanie (intransigence) · el αδιαλλαξία (intransigence) · da umedgørlighed (intransigence) · ro intransigență (intransigence) · da kompromisløshed (intransigence) · sv omedgörlighet (intransigence)