Meaning and example
the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise
The passage used "intransigence" to mean the trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.513 places intransigence in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 69.8% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
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Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 69.8%
the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
- Known by
- 70.2%
to make better
- Known by
- 70.3%
do away with
- Known by
- 69.2%
the trait of being unmanageable
- Known by
- 70.5%
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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