recalcitrance
nounHow to pronounce recalcitrance:
Definition of recalcitrance:
- recalcitrance (noun):
- the state of being recalcitrant
- the trait of being unmanageable.
- a demanding or stimulating situation
Synonyms for recalcitrance:
challenge
confrontation
contempt
contrariness
contumacy
defiance
disobedience
disrespect
frowardness
indiscipline
infraction
insubordination
insurrection
intractability
intractableness
intransigence
mutiny
noncompliance
noncooperation
obstinacy
obstreperousness
opposition
rebellion
rebelliousness
recalcitrancy
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Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- cooperative
- lugubrious
- lamentation
- contrarily
- overrated
- edacity
- compunctious
- clever-clever
- belletristic
- wishy-washy
- Kozakura
- non sequitur
- equivocal
- circumspectly
- acclimatize
- hyperactive
- ignorable
- antisocial
- previously
- acoustician
- interwoven
- nomenclature
- dubiety
- Ashwathama
- verbosity
- unconfident
- atticism
- excogitate
- passivism
- pestilential
- delectation
- mannerism
- congruity
- elegiac
- overbearing
- emasculate
- desperacy
- onesimus
- beautifully
- quintessential
- affectious
- charismatic
- passionate
- melismatic
- Bodhisattva
- open dating
- examinee
- indignantly
- knowledgeably
- belligerent
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