intractability
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Intractability — In*tract a*bil i*ty, n. The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intractability — 1570s, from INTRACTABLE (Cf. intractable) + ITY (Cf. ity) … Etymology dictionary
intractability — intractable ► ADJECTIVE 1) hard to solve or deal with. 2) stubborn. DERIVATIVES intractability noun intractably adverb … English terms dictionary
intractability — noun see intractable … New Collegiate Dictionary
intractability — noun The state of being intractable; intractableness … Wiktionary
intractability — Synonyms and related words: civil disobedience, contumaciousness, contumacy, defiance, disobedience, fractiousness, frowardness, immovability, immutability, incorrigibility, indiscipline, indocility, indomitability, inductility, inelasticity,… … Moby Thesaurus
intractability — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mulishness, tenacity, obstinacy; see determination , stubbornness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being unruly: dis orderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intracta bleness, obstinacy,… … English dictionary for students
intractability — in·trac·ta·bil·i·ty || ɪn‚træktÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. stubbornness, inflexibility, obstinacy; rebellion … English contemporary dictionary
intractability — n. Stubbornness, obstinacy, perverseness, intractableness. See following adjective … New dictionary of synonyms
intractability — n 1. intractableness, indocility, unsubmissiveness, insubmission, incompliance, incompli ancy, uncooperativeness, nonconformity; stubbornness, obstinateness, obstinacy, pervicaciousness, pig head edness, mulishness, obdurateness, hard headedness … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
