intransigence

1. 1.

   the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise

   Synonymsintransigency

   Broaderstubbornness

Other forms of intransigence

plural

intransigences·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intransigence

What does intransigence mean?

intransigence means "the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise".

How many syllables are in intransigence?

intransigence has 4 syllables: in-tran-si-gence. The stress falls on "tran". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈtɹænsədʒəns/.

What is another word for intransigence?

Close synonyms include intransigency. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intransigence a common word?

intransigence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.