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The quality or condition of being refractory.
refractoriness
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- The quality or condition of being unruly: disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, 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 unmanageable
Synonyms: unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy
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