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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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