recalcitrance

English

Etymology

In use since at least 1856 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). From French récalcitrance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkæl.sɪˌtɹəns/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

recalcitrance (countable and uncountable, plural recalcitrances)

1. The state of being recalcitrant.
   • 2025 May 14, Dina Kraft, “As Trump visits Mideast, Netanyahu’s government is wary of surprises”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     But the prime minister’s [Benjamin Netanyahu's] recalcitrance on the subject of a future Palestinian state, long a Saudi condition, is being faulted as one of the reasons Israel is missing out on this opportunity.

Translations

state of being recalcitrant

French: récalcitrance (fr) f Italian: recalcitranza (it) f Polish: krnąbrność (pl) f, nieposłuszność (pl) f Serbo-Croatian: odupiranje (sh)