intransigence

The deeper reasons, however, were profoundly anti-democratic — the noxious intransigence of patriarchy and white supremacy in Western culture, which drastically narrowed the eligible land-owning class.

But the Taliban's intransigence on women's rights affects its bid for international recognition, and for the sanctions against it to be lifted.

Conversely, accommodating gestures and vague deadlines for sanctions that never materialize encourage Russian intransigence.

But he added it is not incorrect to say that after catastrophic losses, insurers will advance payments required by law, requiring public adjusters to justify an entire claim, often in the face of insurer intransigence.

In recent months, he's been more critical of Putin's intransigence and willingness to attack civilian targets, setting a series of deadlines for new sanctions on the Russians and other nations that do business with them.