intransigentism

noun

in·​tran·​si·​gent·​ism

-nt‧ˌizəm,

-n‧ˌti-

plural -s

: the quality or state of being intransigent or the policy of an intransigent

the militant intransigentism of the antislavery forces

—A. C. Cole

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