Definition of RECALCITRANCY

recalcitrancy

Plural: recalcitrancies

Noun

  • the trait of being unmanageable
  • recalcitrance.

Origin / Etymology

In use since at least 1869 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985).

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