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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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; irreconcilable. --Lond. Sat. Rev. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intransigent adj : not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "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 tendancy" [syn: {adamant}, {adamantine}, {inexorable}]
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