recalcitrance

Questions about recalcitrance

What does recalcitrance mean?

recalcitrance means "the trait of being unmanageable".

How many syllables are in recalcitrance?

recalcitrance has 4 syllables: re-cal-ci-trance. The stress falls on "cal". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈkælsətɹəns/.

What is another word for recalcitrance?

Close synonyms include refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrancy. 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 recalcitrance a common word?

recalcitrance 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.