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Synonyms & Antonyms of recalcitrancy
as in defiance, refractoriness
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for recalcitrancy
- balkiness,
- contumacy,
- defiance,
- disobedience,
- frowardness,
- immovability,
- immovableness,
- insubordination,
- intractability,
- obstreperousness,
- rebelliousness,
- recalcitrance,
- refractoriness,
- unruliness
- bloody-mindedness
- [chiefly British],
- cantankerousness,
- contrariness,
- cussedness
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“Recalcitrancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recalcitrancy. Accessed 17 Apr. 2021.
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The first known use of recalcitrancy was in 1869
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