Intransigent
adjective
Refusing to change one's ideas or to agree about something.
Despite many attempts to negotiate, she remained intransigent.
Often appears as...
- intransigent stance
- remain intransigent
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person who refuses to change their ideas or to agree about something.
He was known to be an intransigent in matters of policy.
Often appears as...
- known intransigent
- political intransigent
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Refusing to change one's ideas or to agree about something.
Despite many attempts to negotiate, she remained intransigent.
Often appears as...
- intransigent stance
- remain intransigent
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person who refuses to change their ideas or to agree about something.
He was known to be an intransigent in matters of policy.
Often appears as...
- known intransigent
- political intransigent
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negotiation Breakdown
Use 'intransigent' to describe someone hindering agreement by not altering their viewpoint.
The deal collapsed because the lead negotiator was intransigent.
Pro Tip 2/3Political Context
'Intransigent' is often used in politics to describe leaders or parties that won’t compromise.
The legislation failed due to the intransigent stance of the opposition party.
Pro Tip 3/3Suggests Rigidity
It implies a rigid, often negative, unwillingness to change, not just firmness.
His intransigent attitude made collaboration difficult.
Pro Tip 1/3Negotiation Breakdown
Use 'intransigent' to describe someone hindering agreement by not altering their viewpoint.
The deal collapsed because the lead negotiator was intransigent.
Pro Tip 2/3Political Context
'Intransigent' is often used in politics to describe leaders or parties that won’t compromise.
The legislation failed due to the intransigent stance of the opposition party.
Pro Tip 3/3Suggests Rigidity
It implies a rigid, often negative, unwillingness to change, not just firmness.
His intransigent attitude made collaboration difficult.
Pro Tip 1/3Negotiation Breakdown
Use 'intransigent' to describe someone hindering agreement by not altering their viewpoint.
The deal collapsed because the lead negotiator was intransigent.
Pro Tip 2/3Political Context
'Intransigent' is often used in politics to describe leaders or parties that won’t compromise.
The legislation failed due to the intransigent stance of the opposition party.
Pro Tip 3/3Suggests Rigidity
It implies a rigid, often negative, unwillingness to change, not just firmness.
His intransigent attitude made collaboration difficult.
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Capitalism will eat...
we make a colossal mistake taking it for granted. We see democracy not as the most fragile of flowers that it really is, but we see it as part of our society's furniture. We tend to think of it as an intransigent given.
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Capitalism will eat...
we make a colossal mistake taking it for granted. We see democracy not as the most fragile of flowers that it really is, but we see it as part of our society's furniture. We tend to think of it as an intransigent given.
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Quote examples
Juan Williams
American Journalist
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.
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Roy Bennett
Zimbabwean Politician
There is absolutely no doubt that Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF have lost the popular support of the people of Zimbabwe. And the more they become intransigent, the more they become vicious and try to repress people, the more it turns people against them, and the less chance they have of ever holding onto power.
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Allen Tate
American Poet
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.
Quote examples
Juan Williams
American Journalist
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.
Quote examples
Roy Bennett
Zimbabwean Politician
There is absolutely no doubt that Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF have lost the popular support of the people of Zimbabwe. And the more they become intransigent, the more they become vicious and try to repress people, the more it turns people against them, and the less chance they have of ever holding onto power.
Quote examples
Allen Tate
American Poet
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.
Example 1 of 3
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