recalcitrant
recalcitrant
Definition
re·cal·ci·trant (ri kal′si trənt)
adjective
- refusing to obey authority, custom, regulation, etc.; stubbornly defiant
- hard to handle or deal with
Etymology: L recalcitrans, prp. of recalcitrare, to kick back (in LL, to disobey) < re-, back + calcitrare, to kick < calx, heel: see calcar
noun
a recalcitrant person
re·cal′·ci·trance noun or re·cal′·ci·trancy
re·cal′·ci·trantly adverb
recalcitrant
Synonyms
recalcitrant
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- employer: Similarly, the recalcitrant employer might seek to argue that the union does not come with clean hands.
- material: This opens up the possibility that a simple process can be developed for the elimination of these recalcitrant materials from effluents.
- member: His struggle to accommodate recalcitrant team members resonated with my experiences coaching 25 years of Oxford Boat Race crews.
- party: Indeed in the past, a referral by the Commission to the ECJ was synonymous with a conviction of the recalcitrant party.
- state: Some recalcitrant states can claim the dubious honor of having failed to ratify either convention.
- child: No longer can the dog eat the recalcitrant child 's homework!
Modifying Another Word
- particularly: One particularly recalcitrant problem is described in Menzies ( 1989 ).
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