Intransigent Definition

intransəjənt, intranzəjənt
adjective
Refusing to compromise or come to an agreement; uncompromising.
Webster's New World
That cannot be reconciled.
Webster's New World

Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.

Don't waste your time trying to change his mind, he's completely intransigent.
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noun
A person who is intransigent, esp. in politics.
Webster's New World

Origin of Intransigent

  • French intransigeant from Spanish intransigente in- not (from Latin in–1) transigente present participle of transigir to compromise (from Latin trānsigere to come to an agreement) (trāns- trans-) (agere to drive ag- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente

    From Wiktionary

Intransigent Sentence Examples

  • Howie remained intransigent in restricting his gift to the rescue children.

  • The intransigent majority refused to listen to a last eloquent appeal that Castelar made to their patriotism and common sense, and they passed a vote of censure.

  • This could result in further industrial action in May if the company remains intransigent.

  • I point out that I am doing it as a public service, and earning nothing from it, but they remain intransigent.

  • Of the newspapers of Havana the most notable is the El Diario de la Marina (established in 1838; under its present name, 1844 morning and evening), which was almost from its foundation an official organ of the Spanish government, and generally the mouthpiece of the most intransigent peninsular opinion in all that concerned the politics of the island.

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