intransigence
Refusal to budge
Intransigence is stubborn refusal to compromise or change one's position.
The word implies an unyielding stance that frustrates negotiation or progress: The union's intransigence brought talks to a standstill.
Unlike mere stubbornness, intransigence often appears in political or diplomatic contexts where flexibility would be expected.
Quality of being unbending
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamanceUnwillingness to yield
- obduracyStubborn refusal to yield
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
mulishness · bullheadedness · willfulness · doggedness · tenacity · pertinacity · immovability · uncompromising
Mutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- standoffUnresolved confrontation between opponents
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
dispute · confrontation · opposition · resistance · antagonism · hostility · discord · tension
Act of declining
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
ultimatum · breakdown · walkout · holdout · standstill · rigidity · unwillingness · obstruction
Strict policy advocate
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
brinkmanship · ideology · radicalism · absolutism · zealotry · fundamentalism · dogmatism · unilateralism
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- unyieldingnessRefusal to give way
- adamanceUnwillingness to yield
- obduracyStubborn refusal to yield
pigheadedness · mulishness · bullheadedness · willfulness · doggedness · tenacity · pertinacity · immovability · uncompromising · unbending
deadlock
Mutual blocking, no progress
- impasseSituation without resolution
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- standoffUnresolved confrontation between opponents
gridlock · dispute · confrontation · opposition · resistance · antagonism · hostility · discord · tension · belligerence
refusal
Act of declining
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- blockingImpeding forward progress
veto · ultimatum · breakdown · walkout · holdout · standstill · rigidity · unwillingness · obstruction · noncompliance
hardliner
Strict policy advocate
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
- polarizationSeparation into opposing extremes
- factionalismDivision into opposing cliques
partisanship · brinkmanship · ideology · radicalism · absolutism · zealotry · fundamentalism · dogmatism · unilateralism · rejectionism
- stubbornnessstubbornness, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness, hardheadedness
- closed-mindednessclosed-mindedness, close-mindedness, narrow-mindedness, inflexibility, rigidity
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- toddler behaviortantrums, whining, pouting, saying no, defiance
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
- obstructionobstruction, delay, roadblock, blockade, barricade
intransigenceflexibility
Ability to adapt easily
compromise · accommodation · adaptability · pliability · yielding
intransigencecompliance
Adhering to requirements
acquiescence · submission · docility · obedience · capitulation
intransigenceopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
receptiveness · receptivity · broad-mindedness · reasonableness · reasonability