intractability

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intractability
Noun
  • Kirk's assassination is the most high-profile example yet of what extremism researchers at the NCRI see as an increasingly dangerous normalization of political violence—often masked as satire, rebellion, or dark humor online.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • One accommodation, the Rebel Suite, takes its design cues from the sea rebellions of Islay, full of nautical references, striking patterns, and bold green and blue hues.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Protesters took to the streets again in the capital Tuesday in defiance of a curfew imposed on the city center, and after the government lifted the social media ban.
    Sugam Pokharel, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But anger against the government showed no signs of abating, as protesters gathered in front of parliament and other places in the capital Kathmandu, in defiance of an indefinite curfew imposed by authorities.
    Gopal Sharma, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While this change reduces the explicit admission of willfulness, a narrative is still required.
    Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In an ideal world, Putin’s recalcitrance to end his folly will at least finally convince Trump that there is not and was never going to be a quick and easy solution that he could be seen to personally mediate in his apparent quest to get a Nobel peace prize.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2025
  • One reason for Trump’s ire, presumably, is that Putin’s recalcitrance places the president in a tough political spot.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This element of female rebelliousness is very important to me.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Noun
  • Their shared disbelief in science and disrespect for expertise unites them.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Fresh out of a $24 million civil lawsuit, Cardi B isn't taking disrespect from anyone.
    Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Intractability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intractability. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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