irreconcilables
Forever at odds
Irreconcilables are people or things that cannot be brought into agreement.
The term often describes political factions that refuse compromise: The irreconcilables in the Senate blocked the treaty.
It can also refer to conflicting ideas or positions too opposed to reconcile: The differences between them were irreconcilables.
Those who oppose you
- antagonistsOpponents in conflict
- opponentsThose who compete against
- rivalsThose who compete
- feudersLong-term conflict participants
disputants · belligerents · combatants · partisans · hardliners · extremists · diehards · holdouts
Refusing to give way
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
immovable · inflexible · unbending · unpersuadable · recalcitrant · obdurate · unmovable · unswayable
Logically incompatible assertions
- incompatibilitiesInability to coexist harmoniously
- conflictsSerious disagreements or fights
- disagreementsFailures to concur
- disparitiesUnequal differences in condition
clashes · oppositions · divergences · discrepancies · antitheses · polarities · gulfs · chasms
adversaries
Those who oppose you
- antagonistsOpponents in conflict
- opponentsThose who compete against
- rivalsThose who compete
feuders · disputants · belligerents · combatants · partisans · hardliners · extremists · diehards · holdouts · dissidents
unyielding
Refusing to give way
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
uncompromising · immovable · inflexible · unbending · unpersuadable · recalcitrant · obdurate · unmovable · unswayable · diehard
contradictions
Logically incompatible assertions
- incompatibilitiesInability to coexist harmoniously
- conflictsSerious disagreements or fights
- disagreementsFailures to concur
disparities · clashes · oppositions · divergences · discrepancies · antitheses · polarities · gulfs · chasms · divides
irreconcilablescompromisers
Those finding mutual concessions
conciliators · moderates · peacemakers · mediators · pragmatists
irreconcilablesreconcilables
Things that can harmonize
compatibles · compromises · common ground · agreements · accords
irreconcilablesallies
Cooperative partners united together
partners · united front · friends · confederates · kindred spirits
- irreconcilable differencesConflicts that cannot harmonize