Synonyms of intransigence

intransigence

noun

as in persistence

a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

her intransigence on the issue was simply frustrating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• persistence
• stubbornness
• obduracy
• obstinacy
• persistency
• pigheadedness
• bullheadedness
• resolve
• doggedness
• willfulness
• pertinacity
• determination
• hardheadedness
• self-will
• obdurateness
• obstinateness
• mulishness
• adamance
• defiance
• inflexibility
• opinionatedness
• wrongheadedness
• perversity
• steadfastness
• self-opinionatedness
• pertinaciousness
• adamancy
• waywardness
• tenacity
• implacability
• perverseness
• perseverance
• rebelliousness
• single-mindedness
• tenaciousness
• rigidity
• inveteracy
• recalcitrance
• inexorability
• sternness
• relentlessness
• strictness
• intractability
• narrow-mindedness
• hardness
• rigidness
• anal-retentiveness
• disobedience
• cussedness
• firmness
• cantankerousness
• bloody-mindedness
• contumacy
• insubordination
• contrariness
• immovability
• unruliness
• rigorousness
• stick-to-itiveness
• refractoriness
• recalcitrancy
• rigor
• frowardness
• immovableness
• balkiness
• obstreperousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• acquiescence
• reasonableness
• acceptance
• receptivity
• receptiveness
• flexibility
• reasonability
• compliance
• pliability
• pliancy
• subordination
• obedience
• docility
• willingness
• open-mindedness
• broad-mindedness
• surrender
• submission
• subservience
• yielding
• pliableness
• subserviency
• slavishness
• pliantness
• subordinateness