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REFRACTORINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The trait of being unmanageable
Synonyms:
recalcitrance; recalcitrancy; refractoriness; unmanageableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("refractoriness" is a kind of...):
intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)
Derivation:
refractory (stubbornly resistant to authority or control)
refractory (not responding to treatment)
