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Meaning of "intractability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INTRACTABILITY

intractability  [ɪnˌtræktəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTRACTABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intractability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTRACTABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intractability in the English dictionary

The definition of intractability in the dictionary is the quality of being difficult to influence or solve.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTRACTABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTRACTABILITY

intracapsular
intracardiac
intracardial
intracardially
intracavitary
intracellular
intracellularly
intracerebral
intracerebrally
Intracoastal Waterway
intracompany
intracranial
intracranially
intractable
intractableness
intractably
intracutaneous
intrada
intraday
intradermal

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTRACTABILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of intractability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTRACTABILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «intractability» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of intractability

Translation of «intractability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTRACTABILITY

Find out the translation of intractability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intractability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intractability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

难解
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intratabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

intractability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

असभ्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استعصاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несговорчивость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intratabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যাপারটা যে কঠিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

caractère intraitable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Widerspenstigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強情
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

다루기 힘듦
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intractability
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thể trị được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தீர்க்க முடியாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रखरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inatçılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intrattabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

intractability
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незговірливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ireductibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

intractability
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onto gevend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intractability
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intractability
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intractability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRACTABILITY»

The term «intractability» is regularly used and occupies the 90.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRACTABILITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intractability

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTRACTABILITY»

Discover the use of intractability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intractability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of ...
The book covers the basic theory of NP-completeness, provides an overview of alternative directions for further research, and contains and extensive list of NP-complete and NP-hard problems, with more than 300 main entries and several times ...
Michael R. Garey, D. S. Johnson, 1979
2
Grasping the Nettle: Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict
THE PRIOR QUESTION shadowing an analysis of intractability is whether it is a permanent condition of "true intractability" or whether it itself is conditional, dependent on some other characteristic that can be manipulated. In part, to pose the ...
Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, Pamela R. Aall, 2005
3
Advanced Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Assigning the intractability label connotes a more serious form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), one that will require more time, more attention, more patient -family- physician distress, the likely inclusion of "big gun" phar- macotherapy, and ...
Theodore M. Bayless, Stephen B. Hanauer, 2001
4
Intractability Results for Some Computational Problems
INTRACTABILITY RESULTS FOR SOME COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS A Thesis Presented to The Academic Faculty by Ashok Kumar Ponnuswami In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in Algorithms, ...
Ashok Kumar Ponnuswami, 2008
5
Epilepsy Surgery
Medical intractability remains one of the absolute prerequisites for epilepsy surgery, and the increasing availability of epilepsy surgery requires systematic documentation of medical intractability without unnecessary delay. It is quite unlikely ...
Hans Lüders, Youssef G. Comair, 2001
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Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts: ...
Reducing intractability requires that the fundamental nature of a conflict be altered in a manner that dramatically changes the situation and moves the conflict to a point of resolution. Moreover, resolution of a dispute episode, whether through ...
Roy Lewicki, Barbara Gray, Michael Elliott, 2003
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Terror in the Holy Land: Inside the Anguish of the ...
Bar-Tal, D. (2004a, September). Delegitimization. Beyond Intractability. Retrieved January 20, 2006, from http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/delegitimization / Bar-Tal, D. (2004b, September). Siege mentality. Beyond Intractability.
Judith Kuriansky, 2006
8
A Beginner's Guide to Graph Theory
... that /(G) < AG + 1 in Section 7.1 ; (iv) the max flow min cut algorithm in Section 13.4. 14.4. Intractability. Our description of intractability and of the classes P and NP will be somewhat informal. A more rigorous development can be found in ...
W.D. Wallis, 2007
9
The Promise and Performance of Environmental Conflict Resolution
These kinds of tensions closely parallel the characteristics of intractability presented in Box 5-1 and are worthy of greater research attention. Although some empirical assessments of intractability are underway, few have been published.90 ...
Rosemary O'Leary, Lisa B. Bingham, 2003
10
Drug-Resistant Epilepsies
The presence or absence of a symptomatic cause is an important prognostic factor for remission. Most studies (both case~control and cohort) of intractability find it to be an important prognostic factor as well (Berg AT et al., 1996; Casetta I et al.
Philippe Kahane, Anne Berg, Wolfgang Löscher, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTRACTABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intractability is used in the context of the following news items.
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How artificial intelligence is changing economic theory - ECN
At some point you hit the intractability limit—things we know cannot be solved optimally—and at that point, there will be questions about the ... «ECNmag.com, Jul 15»
2
The Daily Caller: If you love a country, set it free: The case for cutting …
Thus, due to Armenia's intractability over Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia is excluded from a lucrative share of Caspian oil to Europe. Instead of ... «AZERTAC News, Jul 15»
3
If You Love A Country, Set It Free: The Case For Cutting Aid To …
Thus, due to Armenia's intractability over Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia is excluded from a lucrative share of Caspian oil to Europe. Instead of ... «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
4
Strengthening U.S. Alliances in Northeast Asia - Carnegie …
One need only look at the intractability of current challenges in Syria and Eastern Ukraine to see how limited U.S. options and leverage become ... «Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jul 15»
5
The unintended consequences of rationality | Harvard John A …
At some point you hit the intractability limit -- things we know cannot be solved optimally -- and at that point, there will be questions about the ... «Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jul 15»
6
The Cairo streets where girls pretend to be boys
But her story hints at the complexity and intractability of street life. She ran away from home at eight, and two decades later she is still homeless. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
7
Princeton Campus Is Hardly Quiet While Students Are on Summer …
Then there is the Center for Computational Intractability's summer program in Theoretical Computer Science. An undergraduate research ... «Town Topics, Jul 15»
8
From Retribution to Restoration in Sierra Leone: Fambul Tok's Drive …
Beyond Intractability. Retrieved October 21, 2014 from http://www.beyondintractability.org/lfg/exemplars/fambultok. Catalyst for Peace and Fambul Tok Sierra ... «Student Pulse, Jul 15»
9
A Tribute To John Williams: The Man Who Wrote 'I Am'
Writing about race, and about the intractability of racism, would prove corrosive for some writers. Not Williams. "I'm still angry," he once told ... «KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest, Jul 15»
10
Bernie Sanders spars with gun-control activist
Sanders, however, pinned the intractability of the gun control issue on a cultural divide between urban and rural America. “I come from a state ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»

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