intransigent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
    adamant; adamantine; inexorable.
    • he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind
    • Cynthia was inexorable
    • an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency

WordNet

In*trans"i*gent adjective
Etymology
F. intransigeant (cf. Sp. intransigente); pref. in- not + L. transigere to come to an agreement; trans across + agere to lead, act.
Definitions
  1. Refusing compromise; uncompromising; irreconcilable. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Webster 1913