n.
The quality of being intractable; intractableness. Bp. Hurd.
intractability
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noun
- The quality or condition of being unruly: disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness. See control/uncontrol, order/disorder, peace/conflict, resist/yield.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
the trait of being hard to influence or control
Synonym: intractableness
Antonym: tractability (meaning #1)
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