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intransigence

int·ran·si·gence

UK/ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/ US/ˌɪˈntrænsɪdʒʌns/ uncommon

noun

1.

the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise

Origin

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".

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