recalcitrance
Willful, obstinate disobedience
Recalcitrance is stubborn resistance to authority or control.
The word implies not just refusal but defiant unwillingness—someone showing recalcitrance digs in their heels: The committee's recalcitrance frustrated every attempt at reform.
The adjective recalcitrant describes people, groups, or things that resist being managed: a recalcitrant child, recalcitrant hair.
Refusal to compromise
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- obduracyStubborn refusal to yield
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
mulishness · willfulness · inflexibility · doggedness · pertinacity · tenacity · immovability · unbendingness
Defying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
- unrulinessDifficult to manage behavior
mutinousness · insurgence · nonconformity · dissent · disaffection · resistance · opposition · noncompliance
Active resistance or dissent
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- balkinessStubborn refusal to proceed
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
hindrance · impediment · obstacle · counteraction · pushback · standoff · stonewalling · foot-dragging
intransigence
Refusal to compromise
- stubbornnessRefusal to yield
- obduracyStubborn refusal to yield
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
bullheadedness · mulishness · willfulness · inflexibility · doggedness · pertinacity · tenacity · immovability · unbendingness · uncompromising
insubordination
Defying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
unruliness · mutinousness · insurgence · nonconformity · dissent · disaffection · resistance · opposition · noncompliance · indiscipline
opposition
Active resistance or dissent
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- reluctanceDisinclination to act
- balkinessStubborn refusal to proceed
friction · hindrance · impediment · obstacle · counteraction · pushback · standoff · stonewalling · foot-dragging · holdout
- defiancedefiance, disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebellion
- stubbornnessstubbornness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, bullheadedness, mulishness
- unrulinessmisbehavior, misconduct, disobedience, defiance, insubordination
- rebellious traitsdefiance, rebellion, stubbornness, disobedience, willfulness
- interferenceinterfering, meddling, intruding, butting in, obstructing
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
recalcitrancecompliance
Adhering to requirements
obedience · cooperation · acquiescence · submission · amenability
recalcitrancetractability
Readiness to be guided
docility · tractableness · manageability · tameness · trainability
recalcitranceobedience
Compliance with authority
compliance · submission · deference · submissiveness · subservience