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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason;
- Example: "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"
- Example: "Cynthia was inexorable she would have none of him"- W.Churchill;
- Example: "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
[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]