Associations to the word «Intransigent»
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Wiktionary
INTRANSIGENT, adjective. Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
INTRANSIGENT, noun. Such a person
Dictionary definition
INTRANSIGENT, adjective. 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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.