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Recalcitrant

  1. adjective

    stubbornly resistant to authority or control

    a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness

    Similar: fractious, refractory

  2. adjective

    marked by stubborn resistance to authority

    the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators

Words that mean the same

Stubborn

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