intransigence
refusal to compromise or come to agreement
Roots
- ag / act: do, drive, or set in motion
- im- / in- (not): not or without
- trans-: across, through, or beyond
Other words with the ag / act root
- act: to do something
- action: the act or process of doing something
- agency: ability to act or an organization
- agenda: a list of things to be done
- agent: a person or thing that acts
- agitate: to stir up or drive into motion
- castigate: to criticize or punish severely
- castigation: severe criticism or punishment
Intransigence is refusal to move across into agreement.
The talks failed because intransigence mattered more than the shared problem.
Intransigent is the person or position. Intransigence names the refusal itself: no crossing over, no settling through.