RECALCITRANCY

refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy

(noun) the trait of being unmanageable

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

In use since at least 1869 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985).

Noun

recalcitrancy (countable and uncountable, plural recalcitrancies)

recalcitrance.

Source: Wiktionary



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