Meaning Of The Word Recalcitrant

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Recalcitrant Meaning

Recalcitrant Definition
Recalcitrant Definition

What's The Definition Of Recalcitrant?

recalcitrant
If you describe someone or something as recalcitrant, you mean that they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with.

recalcitrant in American English
refusing to obey authority, custom, regulation, etc.; stubbornly defiant
adjective: resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory
noun: a recalcitrant person

recalcitrant in British English
adjective: not susceptible to control or authority; refractory
noun: a recalcitrant person

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