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Antonyms for recalcitrancy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ri-kal-si-truhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈkæl sɪ trənt |
Definition of recalcitrancy
Origin :- 1823, from French récalcitrant, literally "kicking back" (17c.-18c.), past participle of recalcitrare "to kick back; be inaccessible," from re- "back" (see re-) + Latin calcitrare "to kick," from calx (genitive calcis) "heel." Used from 1797 as a French word in English.
- noun unruliness
- noun defiance
- This degrading offer must be announced: no discussion or recalcitrancy could help that.
- Extract from : « The Bride of the Nile, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- I suppose I shall ding some recalcitrancy into them some day, but it is uphill work.
- Extract from : « Erewhon Revisited » by Samuel Butler
- If they do not operate, the blame is put not on the subject as taught, but on the indifference and recalcitrancy of pupils.
- Extract from : « Democracy and Education » by John Dewey
Synonyms for recalcitrancy
- affront
- assertiveness
- audacity
- back talk
- big talk
- boldness
- bravado
- brazenness
- call
- cartel
- challenge
- command
- confrontation
- contempt
- contrariness
- contumacy
- dare
- defy
- despite
- disorderliness
- effrontery
- enjoinder
- factiousness
- fractiousness
- gas
- guts
- heedlessness
- hot air
- impetuousness
- imprudence
- impudence
- impugnment
- impulsiveness
- indocility
- insolence
- insubordination
- insurgence
- insurgency
- intemperanc
- intractability
- intractableness
- lawlessness
- lip
- muster
- obstinacy
- obstinateness
- obstreperousness
- opposition
- order
- orneriness
- perverseness
- perversity
- provocation
- rebellion
- rebelliousness
- recalcitrance
- recklessness
- refractoriness
- revolt
- sass
- spite
- stump
- summons
- temerity
- throwing of the gauntlet
- uncontrollability
- uncontrollableness
- ungovernableness
- unmanageability
- unruliness
- untowardness
- waywardness
- wildness
- willfulness
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