intransigency|ɪnˈtrɑːnsɪdʒənsɪ, -æ-| [f. next: see -ency.] The quality of being intransigent; uncompromising hostility; irreconcilability. 1890Bp. Stubbs Primary Charge 49 The intransigency of the one party forced the conservatism of the other into an attitude of inflexible resistance.