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intractability
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intractability
n.
stubbornness, inflexibility, obstinacy; rebellion
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Intractability
Intractable is an adjective describing high complexity, which makes it difficult to change, manipulate, or resolve an issue. As a technical term, the word "intractable" is used for
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intractability
Noun
1. the trait of being hard to influence or control
(synonym) intractableness
(antonym) tractability, tractableness, flexibility
(hypernym) trait
(hyponym) refractoriness, unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy
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Intractability
(n.)
The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
The quality of being intractable; intractableness.
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intractability
Synonyms and related words:
civil disobedience, contumaciousness, contumacy, defiance, disobedience, fractiousness, frowardness, immovability, immutability, incorrigibility, indiscipline, indocility, indomitability, inductility, inelasticity, inextensibility, inflexibility, infraction, infringement, insubordination, insuppressibility, irrepressibility, irresilience, irresiliency, lawbreaking, lawlessness, naughtiness, noncompliance, nonconformity, noncooperation, nonobedience, obstreperousness, passive resistance, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recusancy, refractoriness, resistance, restiveness, shrewishness, stubbornness, transgression, unalterability, unbendingness, uncontrollability, uncooperativeness, unduteousness, undutifulness, ungovernability, unlimberness, unmalleability, unmanageability, unmoldableness, unpliability, unruliness, unsubmissiveness, untamableness, unyieldingness, violation, waywardness, wildness, willful disobedience
civil disobedience, contumaciousness, contumacy, defiance, disobedience, fractiousness, frowardness, immovability, immutability, incorrigibility, indiscipline, indocility, indomitability, inductility, inelasticity, inextensibility, inflexibility, infraction, infringement, insubordination, insuppressibility, irrepressibility, irresilience, irresiliency, lawbreaking, lawlessness, naughtiness, noncompliance, nonconformity, noncooperation, nonobedience, obstreperousness, passive resistance, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recusancy, refractoriness, resistance, restiveness, shrewishness, stubbornness, transgression, unalterability, unbendingness, uncontrollability, uncooperativeness, unduteousness, undutifulness, ungovernability, unlimberness, unmalleability, unmanageability, unmoldableness, unpliability, unruliness, unsubmissiveness, untamableness, unyieldingness, violation, waywardness, wildness, willful disobedience
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