intransigence

Thân thiện

The negotiator's intransigence prevented any agreement from being reached.

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.

Học thuật

Noun

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

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