intransigent
1intransigent — INTRANSIGÉNT, Ă, intransigenţi, te, adj. Care nu se abate de la o anumită linie adoptată, care nu acceptă concilieri sau compromisuri; incoruptibil. v. neînduplecat. – Din fr. intransigeant. Trimis de valeriu, 09.02.2008. Sursa: DEX 98 … …
2intransigent — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ refusing to change one s views. ► NOUN ▪ an intransigent person. DERIVATIVES intransigence noun intransigency noun intransigently adverb. ORIGIN from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by extreme republicans); ultimately… …
3intransigent — [in tran′sə jənt, in tran′zəjənt] adj. [Fr intransigeant < Sp intransigente < L in , IN 2 + transigens, prp. of transigere, to come to a settlement, TRANSACT] 1. refusing to compromise or come to an agreement; uncompromising 2. that cannot… …
4Intransigent — 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; inflexible; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat. Rev. [1913… …
5Intransigént — (lat.), Unversöhnlicher, der sich auf keine Verhandlungen mit dem Gegner, insbes. der von ihm bekämpften Staatsregierung, einläßt …
6intransigent — index implacable, incorrigible, inflexible, irreconcilable, obdurate, purposeful, relentless, renitent …
7intransigent — intransigent:⇨unnachgiebig(1) …
8intransigent — (adj.) 1881, from Fr. intransigeant, from Sp. los intransigentes, lit. those not coming to agreement, name for extreme republican party in the Spanish Cortes 1873 4, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + transigente compromising, from L.… …
9intransigent — adjective Etymology: Spanish intransigente, from in + transigente, present participle of transigir to compromise, from Latin transigere to come to an agreement more at transact Date: circa 1879 characterized by refusal to compromise or to abandon …
10intransigent — [[t]ɪntræ̱nsɪʤ(ə)nt[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as intransigent, you mean that they refuse to behave differently or to change their attitude to something. [FORMAL] They put pressure on the Government to change its… …