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English Dictionary: intransigent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for intransigent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intransigent adj impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" Synonym(s): adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intransigent \Intrans"igent\, a. [F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.] Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. --Lond. Sat. Rev.