noun
the trait of being hard to influence or control
• Syn: ↑intractability
• Ant: ↑tractability (for: ↑intractability)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑intractable, ↑intractable (for: ↑intractability)
• Hypernyms: ↑trait
• Hyponyms:
↑refractoriness, ↑unmanageableness, ↑recalcitrance, ↑recalcitrancy, ↑wildness, ↑defiance, ↑rebelliousness, ↑unruliness, ↑fractiousness, ↑willfulness, ↑wilfulness, ↑balkiness, ↑stubbornness, ↑obstinacy, ↑obstinance, ↑mulishness, ↑disobedience
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\(ˈ)in, ən+\ noun : the quality or state of being intractable : stubbornness, refractoriness
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intractabilˈity or intractˈableness noun
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Main Entry: ↑intractable
Useful english dictionary. 2012.