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What is the adjective for recalcitrancy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb recalcitrate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

recalcitrant
  1. Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
  2. Unwilling to cooperate socially.
  3. Difficult to deal with or to operate.
  4. (botany) Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. refractory, unruly, disobedient, intractable, wayward, ungovernable, rebellious, unmanageable, defiant, insubordinate, wilful, contrary, obstreperous, uncontrollable, contumacious, difficult, froward, willful, headstrong, perverse, obstinate, untoward, stubborn, balky, undisciplined, uncooperative, wild, mutinous, rebel, restive, awkward, recusant, incompliant, bolshie, stroppy, fractious, obdurate, incontrollable, argumentative, resistant, unwilling, pervicacious, indomitable, noncompliant, renitent, undisciplinable, opposing, radical, resisting, insubmissive … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Richardson held out the ball, with outstanding generosity, like someone trying to placate a recalcitrant child with a gobstopper.”
recalcitrated
  1. simple past tense and past participle of recalcitrate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disobeyed, defied, contravened, violated, infringed, flouted, infracted, disregarded, transgressed, ignored, resisted, overstepped, opposed, rebelled, revolted, rioted, counteracted, challenged, mutinied, struck, stricken, mocked, neglected, withstood, baulked, balked, dared, declined, deserted, differed, disagreed, evaded, misbehaved, objected, revolutionised, revolutionized, shirked, went against, gone against, rebelled against, failed to observe, failed to comply with, refused to obey, flew in the face of, flown in the face of, setted at naught, set aside, ran riot, run riot, dug your heels in … more
recalcitrating
  1. present participle of recalcitrate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. disobeying, defying, contravening, violating, infringing, flouting, infracting, disregarding, transgressing, ignoring, resisting, overstepping, opposing, rebelling, revolting, rioting, counteracting, challenging, mutinying, striking, mocking, neglecting, withstanding, baulking, balking, daring, declining, deserting, differing, disagreeing, evading, misbehaving, objecting, revolutionising, revolutionizing, shirking, going against, rebelling against, failing to observe, failing to comply with, refusing to obey, flying in the face of, setting at naught, setting aside, running riot, digging your heels in, breaking rules, not heeding, not listening, not minding … more
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