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[syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intransigent \In*trans"i*gent\, 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; inflexible;
irreconcilable. --Lond. Sat. Rev.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intransigent
adj 1: 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" [syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable,
intransigent]