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1
given to resisting authority or another's control
- the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority
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2
given to resisting control or discipline by others
- a heart-to-heart talk with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he had a troubled life at home
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The first known use of recalcitrant was in 1843
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