recalcitrant
Recalcitrance persisted on both sides.
She was maddened by his recalcitrance.
a child's recalcitrance in the face of parental attempts at correction

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Strength of will and determination
aggressiveness
bitter
bloody-mindedness
bull
bull something through
character-building
fibre
insusceptible
intransigence
inveteracy
mettle
militancy
resolution
sharp
sharp elbowsidiom
sharpen
sharpen (something) up
sharpen your elbowsidiom
single-mindedness
stamina

Examples of recalcitrance

recalcitrance
If enlightened local authority in planning and design is to occur, it will happen when architects overcome their recalcitrance to enter the local fray.
The occurrence of seed recalcitrance does appear to be far more common among amaryllid species than has been reported for other families.
The results described here certainly call for an appraisal of the costs and benefits of seed recalcitrance for species such as the amaryllids.
After civil service reform, postal bureaucrats could no longer be fired for their program recalcitrance.
Advances in the understanding of mechanisms of recalcitrance are hindered by the inherent nature of developmental, structural and biochemical differences among recalcitrant seeds.
The recalcitrance of bacterial biofilms is thought to be a multicellular endeavor.
The observation that there are discrete levels of water potential in desiccation sensitivity is of interest to the study of mechanisms of recalcitrance.
The dulled orchestration is certainly evident and provides a recalcitrance that refuses to flare up into spectacle.
This reflects the diversity in the nature and recalcitrance of formed biofilms.
Nor are crimes signs of a need for therapy, a "bad attitude," or of recalcitrance.
These data are in accord with the concept of seed recalcitrance being a consequence of truncated development.
Despite these reservations, they consider seed recalcitrance to be an ancestral condition.
I doubt he could have done anything to win their approval, so it seems unfair to blame their recalcitrance on his lack of leadership.
Rejection of the ecclesiastical settlement and the established church was a rejection of the political settlement and a statement of political recalcitrance.
Recalcitrance does occur in more seasonal and stressful habitats, but the regeneration niche is probably more specialized.
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