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RECALCITRANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recalcitrant mean?
• RECALCITRANT (adjective)
The adjective RECALCITRANT has 2 senses:
1. stubbornly resistant to authority or control
2. marked by stubborn resistance to authority
Familiarity information: RECALCITRANT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Synonyms:
fractious; recalcitrant; refractory
Context example:
a refractory child
Similar:
disobedient (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by stubborn resistance to authority
Context example:
the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
Similar:
defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)
Derivation:
recalcitrancy (the trait of being unmanageable)
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