'intransigence' is a correct, usable word in written English.
It is an adjective that means being uncompromising and refusing to change one's belief or opinion. Example sentence: The intransigence of the senator on the issue of immigration reform meant that no progress could be made on the bill.
"Kennedy had no great understanding of the impatience of African Americans or the intransigence of white southerners, while Johnson – from Texas – understood both," says Tony Badger, professor of American history at Cambridge.
Syrian rebels' intransigence and their unwillingness to attend without preconditions are the main reason for the failure of Geneva so far.
Contrast this with France, which retained government stakes in car companies, focused on ownership, and failed to tackle union intransigence.
Though primarily attacking Republican intransigence during the government shutdown, the former president made a series of arguments for more consensus-building across the partisan divide and defended the would-be governor of Virginia's reputation for being a power broker.
Why, it will be asked in Ulster Unionist ranks, did David Trimble take such risks for the agreement when the DUP is to be rewarded for a policy of intransigence?
Des Downey, a golf club committee member complained to the MoD that "intransigence, risk adverse behaviour and what seemed to be a lack of understanding on how the issues could be resolved was the order of the day".
The Merchants of Doubt shows that while deep-rooted political ideologies usually underpin this bottleneck, disinformation tightens it, fueling scientifically unfounded debate, doubt, and denial that conveniently excuse political intransigence.
This intransigence has been a source of bitter division among directors, historians and archivists for decades.
Where Mr Obama has gambled to no obvious benefit whether extending open hands to Iran and Russia, offering a cold shoulder to North Korea, or trying to heal the Middle East by reaching out to the Muslim world, for example—supporters blame the intransigence of other players.
When Mr Obama's offered hand of friendship was knocked away, he at least demonstrated that Iranian intransigence was to blame and that opposing America is one of the only ways in which the Iranian regime maintains legitimacy in the eyes of its supporters.
The blame lies with Bashar Assad and the callous intransigence of such outsiders as Vladimir Putin's Russia.
