INTRANSIGENT
\ɪntɹˈansɪd͡ʒənt], \ɪntɹˈansɪdʒənt], \ɪ_n_t_ɹ_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_dʒ_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of INTRANSIGENT
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not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendancy"
By Princeton University
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An irreconcilable person: especially one who refuses to agree to an understanding: uncompromising: irreconcilable: used especially of some extreme political party.
By Daniel Lyons
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).