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intransigence

Intransigence (noun) means Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.

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Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
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Etymology

From French intransigeance, noun form of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente at the end of the nineteenth century. Morphologically, from in- + transiger + -ant, literally "uncompromising".

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"intransigence" (noun) means unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.

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