recalcitrancyn.
/rᵻˈkalsᵻtr(ə)nsi/, U.S. /rəˈkælsətr(ə)nsi/, /riˈkælsətr(ə)nsi/ = recalcitrance n.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance
unbowsomeness1340
wincing1426
restiness?c1550
restiffness?1561
restiveness?1561
intractability1579
untractablenessa1600
indocility1648
non-compliance1648
intractableness1664
non-complying1687
uncompliableness1687
incompliance1708
non-cooperation1795
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
uncompliability1880
bolshiness1975
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > disobedient stubbornness
contumacec1230
unbuxomnessa1300
unbuxomheada1325
contumacyc1386
sturdinessa1400
stoutnessc1400
contumacityc1420
pervicacy1537
untractablenessa1600
pervicacity1604
contumation1618
refractariness1624
refractoriness1627
incorrigiblenessa1631
indocibleness1647
immorigerousness1649
contumaciousness1654
refracture1659
intractableness1664
unmanageableness1664
refractiveness1674
untractibleness1676
pervicaciousness1692
untreatableness1693
untractability1797
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
1844 New Monthly Mag. Apr. 552 A report was..duly forwarded to Paris of the recalcitrancy of the Chapel-master, and the shame and confusion to which it had given rise.
1869 Daily News 15 Apr. This judgment is not at all unlikely to strengthen them in their recalcitrancy.
1936 J. C. Powys Maiden Castle (1937) iv. 174 Irritation with the recalcitrancy of life.
1970 Philos. & Phenomeol. Res. 31 191 There is a degree of recalcitrancy in sense perception; it resists being absorbed in a fixed system.
2007 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 15 Mar. 12 If MPs are more likely to break ranks because of their leader's recalcitrancy in handing over power..it's an unhealthy period for democracy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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