Recalcitrant - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈkælsɪtrənt|

Brit.
|rɪˈkalsɪtr(ə)nt|

adjective ▼
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control (syn: fractious, refractory)
- marked by stubborn resistance to authority
- marked by stubborn resistance to authority
the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
Examples
...the manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority...
...a heart-to-heart talk with the recalcitrant youth revealed that he had a troubled life at home...
All recalcitrants were treated as rebels and traitors.
the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
...the flinty rancher did not hesitate to lather a recalcitrant horse...
You are not the kind of person who beats on recalcitrant vending machines.