intransigency

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Definitions of intransigency word

noun intransigency a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics. 1
adjective intransigency refusing to agree or compromise; uncompromising; inflexible. 1
noun intransigency The quality of intransigence. 1

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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relentlessness — that does not relent; unyieldingly severe, strict, or harsh; unrelenting: a relentless enemy.
perseverance — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.

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