recalcitrance

/ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"Such evaluation, abstracted from historical necessity, was in Hegel's opinion a symptom of the sterile recalcitrance of Fichte and the Romantics."
"But the prime minister’s [Benjamin Netanyahu's] recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity."

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

recalcitrances (plural)

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How do you pronounce recalcitrance?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/.

What does recalcitrance mean?

The state of being recalcitrant.

Where does recalcitrance come from?

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

How to pronounce recalcitrance

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