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intransigent — 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 … … Dicționar Român
intransigent — ► 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… … English terms dictionary
intransigent — [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… … English World dictionary
Intransigent — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Intransigént — (lat.), Unversöhnlicher, der sich auf keine Verhandlungen mit dem Gegner, insbes. der von ihm bekämpften Staatsregierung, einläßt … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
intransigent — index implacable, incorrigible, inflexible, irreconcilable, obdurate, purposeful, relentless, renitent … Law dictionary
intransigent — intransigent:⇨unnachgiebig(1) … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
intransigent — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
intransigent — [[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… … English dictionary
intransigent — adjective Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn. Dont waste your time trying to change his mind, hes completely intransigent. See Also: intransigence, intransigency … Wiktionary
