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Meaning of "recalcitrance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RECALCITRANCE

recalcitrance  [rɪˈkælsɪtrəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECALCITRANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Recalcitrance 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 RECALCITRANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of recalcitrance in the English dictionary

The definition of recalcitrance in the dictionary is the quality of being unwilling to obey orders or difficult to deal with. Other definition of recalcitrance is the quality of being reluctant to do sth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECALCITRANCE


appearance
əˈpɪərəns
assurance
əˈʃʊərəns
clearance
ˈklɪərəns
conference
ˈkɒnfərəns
difference
ˈdɪfərəns
endurance
ɪnˈdjʊərəns
entrance
ˈɛntrəns
Florence
ˈflɒrəns
fragrance
ˈfreɪɡrəns
insurance
ɪnˈʃʊərəns
Lawrence
ˈlɒrəns
monstrance
ˈmɒnstrəns
occurrence
əˈkʌrəns
outrance
ˈuːtrəns
penetrance
ˈpɛnɪtrəns
preference
ˈprɛfərəns
reentrance
riːˈɛntrəns
reference
ˈrɛfərəns
remonstrance
rɪˈmɒnstrəns
tolerance
ˈtɒlərəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECALCITRANCE

rec room
recalcitrant
recalcitrate
recalcitration
recalculate
recalculation
recalesce
recalescence
recalescent
recalibrate
recalibration
recall
recall slip
recallability
recallable
recaller
recallment
recanalisation
recanalise
recanalization

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECALCITRANCE

advance
car insurance
customs clearance
deliverance
disappearance
Fort-de-France
France
health insurance
ignorance
industrial insurance
intolerance
liability insurance
life insurance
perseverance
put in an appearance
remembrance
severance
Torrance
trance
travel insurance
zero tolerance

Synonyms and antonyms of recalcitrance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «recalcitrance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RECALCITRANCE

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

Translator English - Chinese

顽抗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recalcitrancia
570 millions of speakers

English

recalcitrance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जिद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمردات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Упорство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

recalcitrância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরুপতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insoumission
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Recalcitrance
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufsässigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反抗
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

들음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Recalcitrance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh ngoan cố
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

recalcitrance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिक्रमण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

inatçılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

recalcitrance
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krnąbrność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

завзятість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

recalcitrant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυστροπία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weerbarstig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

motsträvighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

recalcitrance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recalcitrance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECALCITRANCE»

The term «recalcitrance» is regularly used and occupies the 91.619 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECALCITRANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «recalcitrance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «recalcitrance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECALCITRANCE»

Discover the use of recalcitrance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recalcitrance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Nationalism and Social Theory: Modernity and the ...
The book argues that: nationalism is persistent, not merely because of its specific ideological appeal, but because it expresses some of the major conflicts in modernity; nationalism reflects and reinforces four key trends in western social ...
Gerard Delanty, Patrick O'Mahony, 2002
2
Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose
Recalcitrance To be sure, when we attempt to extend our pseudo-statements into the full complexity of life, we meet with considerable recalcitrance. But so does the poet meet with considerable recalcitrance in arranging the materials of his ...
Kenneth Burke, 1984
3
Implicit Rhetoric: Kenneth Burke's Extension of Aristotle's ...
Recalcitrance Burke uses the terms "recalcitrant" and "recalcitrance" in discussions of persuasion. He views the "recalcitrant reader" of a piece of literature as someone whom "the author can reduce ... to acquiescence" (CS 1 76 ) by means of ...
Stan A. Lindsay, 1998
4
Psychotic Entelechy: The Dangers of Spiritual Gifts Theology
recalcitrance "refers to the factors that substantiate a statement, the factors that incite a statement, and the factors that correct a statement" (ATH 47). He suggests that "communicative problems and procedures" may be "corrected by the ...
Stan A. Lindsay, 2006
5
American Empire and the Politics of Meaning: Elite Political ...
Only some of these referents might pose recalcitrance, while others might still conform. Convergent recalcitrance, however, would mean that all referents meaningfully encompassed pose recalcitrance. Social actors extend their preexisting ...
Julian Go, 2008
6
Kenneth Burke: Rhetoric, Subjectivity, Postmodernism
The linguistic returns Burke once again to the Lawrence claim, troubling to Richards, that "the earth's crops make the sun shine." Burke defends the claim, but qualifies his defense by introducing a realist principle he calls "recalcitrance" (255).
Robert Wess, 1996
7
Scribbling Women & the Short Story Form: Approaches by ...
(Wright 121) Wright distinguishes five varieties of "final recalcitrance" and mentions "Flowering Judas" as an example of the third type, "stories of unexplained juxtaposition," because according to him "the dream in 'Flowering Judas' confronts a ...
Ellen Burton Harrington, 2008
8
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
recalcitrance is low (or both). If we know how much design effort is going into improving a particular system, and the rate of improvement this effort produces, we could calculate the system's recalcitrance. Further, we can observe that the ...
Nick Bostrom, 2014
9
Crafting the Female Subject: Narrative Innovation in the ...
which he calls recalcitrance or, as it resists form, formal recalcitrance. The key to Wright's theory is not to consider the work as “a fully realized entity” but rather as “ an emergent hypothesis of reading”—that is, as process. Recalcitrance slows ...
Susan M. McKenna, 2009
10
Handbook of Soil Sciences: Resource Management and ...
Some authors find that the lack ofa precise numerical definition for recalcitrance prevents the concept from being useful in support of modeling studies while others consider recalcitrance as a vital control that determines the initial pathways of ...
Pan Ming Huang, Yuncong Li, Malcolm E. Sumner, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECALCITRANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recalcitrance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
DEA's Confidential Informant Program Basically Being Run With No …
The opening of the OIG report gives some insight into the months of DEA interference and recalcitrance. Our audit work thus far has been seriously delayed by ... «Techdirt, Jul 15»
2
Benghazi chairman threatens to force Kerry to testify
Gowdy said he's spoken Jon Finer, Kerry's chief of staff, about State's “total recalcitrance at allowing Congress to investigate,” including its refusal to provide ... «The Hill, Jun 15»
3
NEWS ANALYSIS: Burundi president's recalcitrance could upset …
NEWS ANALYSIS: Burundi president's recalcitrance could upset fragile peace. by Patrick Nduwimana and Edmund Blair, 2015-04-24 06:03:31.0. «BDlive, Apr 15»
4
International Organizations and Congressional Recalcitrance
Reminders of Congressional resistance getting in the way of the execution of U.S. foreign policy and the effective pursuit of U.S. interests abroad are not hard to ... «The National Interest Online, Mar 15»
5
Denver city auditor 'troubled,' says Denver Sheriff's Department …
It goes on, “Frankly we have encountered recalcitrance, foot-dragging and what I can only describe as obstructionist behavior on the part of some members of ... «FOX31 Denver, Dec 14»
6
Sweden recognizes Palestine, following up on new prime minister's …
... Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said the recognition was “an unfortunate decision which strengthens radical elements and Palestinian recalcitrance.”. «Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Oct 14»
7
Russell Brand's ten rules for revolution
It's not needless recalcitrance I'm supporting.' 2. Talk to your neighbours. Unilateral acts of civil disobedience probably aren't the best way to go, admits Brand. «Time Out London, Oct 14»
8
Bipartisan support for making Philly teachers pay for health …
... sorry for teachers, many Philadelphians may feel the educators have only themselves to blame for encouraging union President Jerry Jordan's recalcitrance. «Pennsylvania Independent, Oct 14»
9
95% of Republican House districts are majority-white
Another factor behind Republican recalcitrance on immigration and similar issues is the simple racial math underlying many House congressional districts. «Washington Post, Aug 14»
10
blame flies as jobless rate rises
Employment Minister Eric Abetz went further, blaming a ''recalcitrant'', ... of a job, who want a job, but have been denied a job because of the recalcitrance of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Recalcitrance [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/recalcitrance>. Apr 2024 ».
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