Synonyms for intransigence
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Noun
1. Obstinacy
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Definitions
- n. 1
Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
Related words
- Other spellings
- intransigeance
Forms
- Plural
- intransigences → obstinacies, stubbornnesses…
Example sentences
- stubbornness There was a certain stubbornness in his voice.
- obstinacy There was a certain obstinacy in his voice.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intransigence | steady | |
| stubbornness | rising | |
| obstinacy | steady | |
| immovableness | steady | |
| intransigency | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- obstinacy4
- 12 letters
- stubbornness3
- 13 letters
- immovableness, intransigency
- 15 letters
- intransigentism
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (obstinacy4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intransigeance
- Italiano
- intransigenza