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According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for.
Allen Tate

Meaning of "intransigent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTRANSIGENT

From Spanish los intransigentes the uncompromising (ones), a name adopted by certain political extremists, from in-1 + transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to settle.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INTRANSIGENT

intransigent  [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTRANSIGENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intransigent can act as a noun and an adjective.
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.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INTRANSIGENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intransigent in the English dictionary

The definition of intransigent in the dictionary is not willing to compromise; obstinately maintaining an attitude. Other definition of intransigent is an intransigent person, esp in politics.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTRANSIGENT


agent
ˈeɪdʒənt
argent
ˈɑːdʒənt
contingent
kənˈtɪndʒənt
corrigent
ˈkɒrɪdʒənt
detergent
dɪˈtɜːdʒənt
diligent
ˈdɪlɪdʒənt
dirigent
ˈdɪrɪdʒənt
divergent
daɪˈvɜːdʒənt
exigent
ˈɛksɪdʒənt
indigent
ˈɪndɪdʒənt
intelligent
ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt
intransigeant
ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt
negligent
ˈnɛɡlɪdʒənt
newsagent
ˈnjuːzˌeɪdʒənt
pageant
ˈpædʒənt
reagent
riːˈeɪdʒənt
regent
ˈriːdʒənt
sergeant
ˈsɑːdʒənt
unintelligent
ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt
urgent
ˈɜːdʒənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTRANSIGENT

intranasal
intranasally
intranational
intranet
intrans.
intransigeance
intransigeant
intransigeantly
intransigence
intransigency
intransigentism
intransigentist
intransigently
intransitive
intransitively
intransitiveness
intransitivity
intransmissible
intransmutable
intrant

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTRANSIGENT

chemical agent
convergent
emergent
estate agent
export agent
free agent
gent
indulgent
insurance agent
insurgent
nonnegligent
pungent
real-estate agent
release agent
Sargent
secret agent
special agent
stringent
travel agent
wetting agent

Synonyms and antonyms of intransigent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTRANSIGENT»

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

Translation of «intransigent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTRANSIGENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

顽固的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intransigente
570 millions of speakers

English

intransigent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुराग्रही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعنتا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непримиримая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intransigente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

একরোখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intransigeant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unnachgiebig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

妥協しない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비타협적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intransigent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ương ngạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விட்டுக் கொடுக்காத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हुकूमशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uzlaşmaz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intransigente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieprzejednany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непримиренна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intransigent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδιάλλακτη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intransigent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oförsonliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intransigent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intransigent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRANSIGENT»

The term «intransigent» is normally little used and occupies the 117.680 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTRANSIGENT» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «INTRANSIGENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word intransigent.
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Allen Tate
According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and because I could not or would not become anything else, I set up for poet and beg an to invent fictions about the personal ambitions that my society has no use for.
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Juan Williams
The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTRANSIGENT»

Discover the use of intransigent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intransigent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Critical Readings in Impressionism and Post-Impressionism: ...
18 Before citing other critical articulations, it is necessary to outline the derivation and meaning of this curious word "Intransigent." The French word intransigeant, like the English "intransigent," is derived from the Spanish neologism los ...
Mary Tompkins Lewis, 2007
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Spectrum
THE INTRANSIGENT RIGHT: Michael Oakeshott, Leo Strauss, Carl Schmitt, Friedrich von Hayek A few months after the fall of Margaret Thatcher, the most original thinker of post-war Conservativism died. Perhaps partly because of the ...
Perry Anderson, 2005
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A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...
A person or a country can be intransigent on a particular subject. i.e. determined not to change their opinions or reconsider a decision: a formal word. ing, writing, arithmetic and sometimes an introduction to French. T1 + NP + as N/V-ing A You  ...
Thomas Herbst, 2004
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Real and Complex Singularities: São Carlos Workshop 2004
São Carlos Workshop 2004 Jean-Paul Brasselet, Maria Aparecida Soares Ruas. Proposition 1.1. [6, 1.1] X is intransigent if and only if there exists a homogeneous vector field which annihilates f, is not Hamiltonian for f, and is of degree (n ...
Jean-Paul Brasselet, Maria Aparecida Soares Ruas, 2007
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Law and Economics: Alternative Economic Approaches to Legal ...
Figure 9.3 Union and Employer Expected Payoffs for the Negotiations Game Union Employer Cooperative bargaining Intransigent bargaining Cooperative bargaining Intransigent bargaining 8 After the strike the parties ultimately agree to ...
Margaret Oppenheimer, Nicholas Mercuro, 2005
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Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, ...
INTRANSIGENCIA Y MOVILIZACI6N PERONISTA. See PERONIST INTRANSIGENCE AND MOBILIZATION. INTRANSIGENT PARTY (PARTIDO INTRANSIGENTS— PI). The PI emerged from a 1963 split in the Intransigent Radical Civic Union ...
Charles D. Ameringer, 1992
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Intransigent Radical Civic Union
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Nuadha Trev, 2012
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Labor and Employment Law and Economics
However, either side might do better by being intransigent. We assume that intransigence in bargaining is a positional externality in that, if only one side is intransigent, they will do better in bargaining relative to the other side. If both sides are ...
K. G. Dau-Schmidt, 2009
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Context in Public Policy and Management: The Missing Link?
Thus, we have all the elements to define and address the problem of the “ intransigent context”. This is a context made up of such diverse but also cohesive, consistent and homogeneous elements that no exogenous pattern or institution ...
Christopher Pollitt, 2013
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Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation
To the extent that it is translated into policy, intransigent nativism yields heightened discrimination and new barriers to successful adaptation. It also triggers a defensive reaction in which self-identities and political mobilizations are structured in ...
Alejandro Portes, Rubén G. Rumbaut, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTRANSIGENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intransigent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Braid: Notley brings limited victory home from premiers' conference …
It implies that projects shouldn't be endlessly delayed by intransigent enemies or nervous provincial governments. When that happens again ... «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»
2
Ortley Beach, Lavallette could get beach replenishment first
“The entire project will not be held hostage by the relatively small number of intransigent property owners in a relatively small geographic area.”. «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
3
Germany prepares to vote on Greek bailout | The Australian
... for his hard line in months of debt talks, has urged MPs to back the reform package, but remained intransigent on any further debt relief. «The Australian, Jul 15»
4
Why did Iran make a nuclear deal now? - The Washington Post
Seemingly intransigent hardliner countries do sometimes stop their nuclear weapons programs without military force. Nuclear proliferation is ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Obama says only alternative to a nuclear deal with Iran is war – The …
... that Obama should have employed more diplomatic, economic or military leverage to get a “better deal” from the intransigent Iranians? «UK Progressive Magazine, Jul 15»
6
Dutch climate change campaigner Marjan Minnesma in Australia to …
Now she is in Australia with a simple message: the courts might be able to deliver citizens what intransigent politics cannot. Her legal victory is ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
7
Germany to vote on Greek bailout in crucial test of support for deal
... his hard line in months of debt talks, has urged lawmakers to back the reform package, but remained intransigent on any further debt relief. «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
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Germany to vote on Greek bailout
... for his hard line in months of debt talks, has urged MPs to back the reform package, but remained intransigent on any further debt relief. «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»
9
Could Ukraine Default Next? - International Policy Digest
Of the two threats now facing Ukraine, it may just turn out that the more destructive one is posed by the West in the form of intransigent ... «International Policy Digest, Jul 15»
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Why the ALP should recognise Palestine - Brisbane Times
Recognizing Palestine as a state will make the so-called Palestinians more intransigent than they have been in the past. They have never been ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»

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