intransigence

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Definition

  1. noun the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise

Etymology

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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