transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪkælsɪtrənt ]
If you describe someone or something as recalcitrant , you mean that they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with. ( FORMAL )
The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities...
= stubborn
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• re‧cal‧ci‧trance
...the government’s recalcitrance over introducing even the smallest political reform.
= stubbornness
N-UNCOUNT