noun
the trait of being hard to influence or control
• Syn: ↑intractableness
• Ant: ↑tractability
• Derivationally related forms: ↑intractable (for: ↑intractableness), ↑intractable
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
• Hyponyms:
↑refractoriness, ↑unmanageableness, ↑recalcitrance, ↑recalcitrancy, ↑wildness, ↑defiance, ↑rebelliousness, ↑unruliness, ↑fractiousness, ↑willfulness, ↑wilfulness, ↑balkiness, ↑stubbornness, ↑obstinacy, ↑obstinance, ↑mulishness, ↑disobedience
Useful english dictionary. 2012.