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RECALCITRANCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does recalcitrancy mean?
• RECALCITRANCY (noun)
The noun RECALCITRANCY has 1 sense:
1. the trait of being unmanageable
Familiarity information: RECALCITRANCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being unmanageable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
recalcitrance; recalcitrancy; refractoriness; unmanageableness
Hypernyms ("recalcitrancy" is a kind of...):
intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)
Derivation:
recalcitrant (marked by stubborn resistance to authority)
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