(of people )人 unwilling to change their opinions or behaviour in a way that would be helpful to others synonym stubborn不妥协的;不愿合作的;不肯让步的 an intransigent attitude 不妥协的态度
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes (Spanish parliment), 1873–4); based on Latin in- ‘not’ + transigere ‘come to an understanding’.