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    [Adjective]  | "re*cal*ci*trant" | \ ri-ˈkal-sə-trənt \


    1: obstinately defiant of authority or restraint

    2: difficult to manage or operate

    3: not responsive to treatment


    Origin: 1843 ;

     Late Latin recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re- + calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel;

    [Adjective]  | "recalcitrant" 


    1: given to resisting authority or another's control;


      * e.g., " ... the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority "





    2: given to resisting control or discipline by others;


      * e.g., " ... a heart-to-heart talk with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he had a troubled life at home "





     [ "recalcitrant" ]

    1: Choosing not to atone for one's crimes.

      * e.g.,  ... The recalcitrant bastard child fleed from the authorities. 

     [ "Recalcitrant" ]

    1: Being obstinately uncooperative toward authority.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't be recalcitrant Kevin. You know it brings out the worst in me. 


     [ "Recalcitrant" ]

    2: Having a very uncooperative attitude.

      * e.g.,  ... - Crowley 

     [ "Recalcitrance" ]

    1: resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory., hard to deal with, manage, or operate

      * e.g.,  ... His total recalcitrance is based on his personal experiences with the local police who has more than once violated his basic rights. 

     [ "Recalcitrant" ]

    1: Something people say to feel smart and superior. Also not the best insult to use in a rap battle.

      * e.g.,  ... "How dare that recalcitrant bunch question my authority." 

     [ "Recalcitrant Donkey" ]

    1: Sterilized profanity translation is Bad Ass.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude. That guy at the end of the bar is a bit of a recalcitrant donkey. It's best to leave him alone. Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, allow The Recalcitrant Donkey to hear you call him that, otherwise, you will have to explain the meaning to him before he beats you to a bloody pulp! 


     [ "Recalcitrant Donkey" ]

    2: (Sterilized profanity is a method of swearing you can do in front of your mother during dinner and, (if your father drinks) your father won't get the joke before you have finished dessert.)

     [ "Too recalcitrant" ]

    1: Probably the exact justification they used to seize Paris Hilton against her will where she was raped repeatedly. You know, I bet.... You know what? I'm not going to say it. I'll save it for later.

      * e.g.,  ... Hym "Call me too recalcitrant but whatever you use to try and punish me WILL INEVITABLY be used against you by the people you would least want to have control of it. Just like MY A.I. being used to commit genocide in the gaza strip. It isn't a choice between the people you want to have contril of it and the people you don't. It's a choice between me and someone worse..." 

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