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INTRANSIGENT (adopted from the Fr. intransigeant, taken, through the Spanish intransigente, from the Lat. in, not, and iransigere, to come to an understanding)

INTRANSIGENT (adopted from the Fr. intransigeant, taken, through the See also:
SPANISH
Spanish intransigente, from the See also:
LAT
Lat. in, not, and iransigere, to come to an understanding) , one whose attitude is that of an irreconcilable. The See also:

TERM

term is used chiefly of politicians of an advanced type; those in See also:

COMPLETE

complete antagonism to the existing See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

government; but is especially applied on the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

EUROPE

Europe to members of legislatures holding extreme See also:

RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

Radical views. In this sense the word was first used in the See also:

POLITICAL

political troubles which arose in See also:

Spain in the years 1873-1874. Intransigentism implies an attitude of uncompromising disagreement with political opponents. The word is also used non-politically, in the sense of intractability and intolerance.

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