Word of the Day – Intransigence

•  Adjective:  Intransigence
  1.  Refusing to moderate a position, especially an extreme position; uncompromising.

• Synonyms:
  1. stubbornness
  2. inflexibility
  3. obstinacy
  4. mulishness
  5. pigheadedness
  6. 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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