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    INTRACTABILITY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The trait of being hard to influence or controlplay

    Synonyms:

    intractability; intractableness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("intractability" is a kind of...):

    trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intractability"):

    recalcitrance; recalcitrancy; refractoriness; unmanageableness (the trait of being unmanageable)

    wildness (an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature)

    defiance; rebelliousness (intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude)

    fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness; willfulness (the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline)

    balkiness (likely to stop abruptly and unexpectedly)

    mulishness; obstinacy; obstinance; stubbornness (the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome)

    disobedience (the trait of being unwilling to obey)

    Antonym:

    tractability (the trait of being easily persuaded)

    Derivation:

    intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)

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