- Adjective: Intransigence
- Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.
- Synonyms:
- stubbornness
- inflexibility
- obstinacy
- mulishness
- pigheadedness
- rigidity
- Usage:
“Not only does their moral system not allow compromise, but extreme conservatives believe that if this intransigence leads to a non-functioning government, so much the better, since that would prove the government doesn’t work.” ~~ from the book referenced below
- Encountered:
While reading The Little Blue Book by George Lakoff and Elisabeth Wehling
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