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recalcitrance

Recalcitrance (noun) means the state of being recalcitrant.

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The state of being recalcitrant.
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Etymology

In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance.

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"recalcitrance" (noun) means the state of being recalcitrant.

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