recalcitrant (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def marked by stubborn resistance to authority
examples the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
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Similar to defiant, noncompliant
Derivationally related form recalcitrant → recalcitrancy
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Similar to defiant, noncompliant
Derivationally related form recalcitrancy → recalcitrant

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