- recalcitrance
- noun Date: 1856 the state of being recalcitrant
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récalcitrance — [ʀekalsitʀɑ̃s] n. f. ÉTYM. 1865; de récalcitrant. ❖ ♦ Didactique ou littéraire. 1 (Personnes). Opiniâtreté dans la résistance; attitude récalcitrante. 1 Relativement simple s il s agit de la récalcitrance d un voyageur solitaire, la question se… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Recalcitrance — is a historical novel written by India based author Anurag Kumar. It uses the mutiny of 1857 as backdrop and describes the event from the view point of contemporary Indians. This is the unique quality of the novel as most of the other novels have … Wikipedia
recalcitrance — index contempt (disobedience to the court), contest (dispute), defiance, resistance, revolt, tenacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
recalcitrance — recalcitrant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obstinately uncooperative. ► NOUN ▪ a recalcitrant person. DERIVATIVES recalcitrance noun recalcitrantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin recalcitrare kick out with the heels … English terms dictionary
recalcitrance — See recalcitrant. * * * … Universalium
recalcitrance — noun The state of being recalcitrant … Wiktionary
recalcitrance — Synonyms and related words: antagonism, antipathy, averseness, aversion, backlash, backwardness, bad blood, challenge, clashing, collision, combative reaction, competition, complaint, conflict, confutation, contempt, contradiction, contraposition … Moby Thesaurus
recalcitrance — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The disposition boldly to defy or resist authority or an opposing force: contempt, contumacy, defiance, despite, recalcitrancy. See RESIST. 2. The quality or condition of being unruly: disorderliness, fractiousness … English dictionary for students
recalcitrance — re·cal·ci·trance || rɪ kælsɪtrÉ™ns n. rebelliousness, disobedience; stubbornness, state of being unmanageable … English contemporary dictionary
recalcitrance — re·cal·ci·trance … English syllables
