intransigence
Definition
Noun: * Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree about something; stubborn refusal to compromise: The quality or state of being completely unwilling to change one's demands, beliefs, or position, especially in a political or ideological context.
Usage and Examples
- General Use: Describes a firm, often unreasonable, adherence to a position.
- The negotiations failed due to the intransigence of both sides.
- Her intransigence on the issue made further discussion pointless.
- Political/Diplomatic Context: Frequently used to describe an uncompromising stance in debates, negotiations, or conflicts.
- The diplomat criticized the regime's intransigence in the peace talks.
Advanced Usage
- "sheer/utter intransigence": Used to emphasize the complete and uncompromising nature of the stance.
- The deal collapsed because of the sheer intransigence of the management.
Variants and Related Words
- Intransigent (adjective): Describing a person or group that is unwilling to change their views or agree.
- He was known as an intransigent defender of traditional values.
- Intransigently (adverb): In an intransigent manner.
- They intransigently refused all offers of mediation.
Synonyms
- Inflexibility: Unwillingness to change or adapt.
- Obduracy: Stubborn refusal to change one's opinion or course of action.
- Adamancy: The quality of being utterly unyielding.
- Stubbornness: Determination not to change one's attitude or position.
Antonyms
- Flexibility: Willingness to change or compromise.
- Compromise: An agreement reached by adjusting conflicting positions.
- Acquiescence: Acceptance of something without protest.
Noun
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the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
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