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intransigent, a. and n.|ɪnˈtrɑːnsɪdʒənt, -æ-|
Also -eant.
[a. F. intransigeant (ɛ̃trɑ̃siʒɑ̃) in Littré Suppl., from Sp. los intransigentes, applied to the party of the Extreme Left in the Spanish Cortes, and in 1873–74 to the extreme Republicans in Spain; f. L. in- (in-3) + transigent-em, pr. pple. of transigĕre to come to an understanding, f. trans across + agĕre to act. Also used in F. spelling.]
A. adj. That refuses to come to terms or make any compromise (in politics); uncompromising, irreconcilable.
α1883Guardian 18 Apr. 554/2 He saw the moderate portion of the Republican party submerged by the advancing tide of intransigeant radicalism. 1893Nation (N.Y.) 6 July 6/1 Richter and his friends..have always been as intransigeant as Liebknecht and his associates. 1899Daily News 5 July 8/3 The President is as intransigeant as ever on the franchise question.
β1881Daily News 23 Dec. 5/5 The intransigent attitude of the Judges [who opposed altering the system of judicial vacations]. 1894Speaker 14 July 44/2 Christian XVI. is a king of intransigent principles, a king with a faith in his providential mission; zealous, rigid, narrow.
B. n. An irreconcilable (in politics); an uncompromising Republican.
1879M. Pattison Milton xi. 122 The party of anti-Oliverian republicans, the Intransigentes, became one of the greatest difficulties of the Government. 188319th Cent. Sept. 539 It is quite right to have an eye over the Intransigeants and the Royalists. 1899Q. Rev. Oct. 514 Certain of the Intransigents..are averse to a reconciliation between Italy and the Papal See.
Hence inˈtransigentism, the principles of intransigents. inˈtransigentist, an intransigent.
1882Goldw. Smith in Pop. Sci. Monthly XX. 757 Communism, intransigentism, and nihilism are not well represented in scientific reunions. 1893― Ess. 2 Satanism manifests itself in different countries under various forms and names, such as Nihilism, Intransigentism, Petrolean Communism. 1898Daily News 11 Mar. 5/3 The only real enemy the Progressive cause has to fear is a spirit of intolerance and intransigentism within its own ranks. |