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recalcitrant - Dictionary definition and meaning for recalcitrant

RECALCITRANT

  • (adj.) marked by stubborn resistance to authority

    "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"

  • (adj.) stubbornly resistant to authority or control

    "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness", "a refractory child"

    synonyms : fractious , refractory

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for recalcitrant

  • (Tag: ) re+calcit(looks like calcite)+rant...as we know calcite is a hard mineral found in calcium carbonate which forms the major part of rocks, chalk and marble, is hard to break and likewise a recalcitrant person is also stubborn.

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  • (Tag: ) re+calci(calculator->calculate)+trant....so imagine a person who has made a mistake in calculations using a calci and is unwilling to re-calculate...it shows he is STUBBORN

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  • (Tag: ) recalcitant : recall+reluctant..boss asked me to call ad guy again but i didn't obey him,i was reluctant.(unwilling to obey)

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  • (Tag: ) calcis are not allowed in exams. but imaging a person smuggling them in even though he has been punished before

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  • (Tag: ) Real + Ca(Hindi) + Irritant => Recalcitrant. Means those who irritate authority by resisting them again and again

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  • (Tag: ) recalcitrant= try RECALling CITRic acid from chemistry but it is so STUBBORN not able to recal it...

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  • (Tag: ) Think "Recalc it Rant" or someone who does not want to recalculate anything

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  • (Tag: ) Rec And Al are two shitting(Cit) ant and rat(Rant) and are difficult to control and manage,and they are stubborn too

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  • (Tag: ) recalcitrant = recal(recall)+ cit(site) + rant(rent); need recall to please the minister over telephone to get the site in rent as he is stubborn in any matter wants proper clarification.

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  • (Tag: ) and any one who resist to authority is consisdered as disobedient person

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