Associations to the word «Intransigent»

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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.