intractability

English

Etymology

From intractable +‎ -ity or in- +‎ tractability.

Pronunciation

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Noun

intractability (countable and uncountable, plural intractabilities)

1. The state of being intractable; intractableness.

Translations

(of people) the state of being intractable

• Bulgarian: непокорност f (nepokornost)
• Dutch: eigenzinnigheid (nl) f, eigenwijsheid (nl) f, eigengereidheid (nl) f, onhandelbaarheid f, balsturigheid f, onmeegaandheid f
• Irish: docheansaitheacht f, domhúinteacht f
• Manx: neulhoobid m, neusmaghtid m
• Spanish: intratabilidad f

(of things) the state of being intractable

• Bulgarian: неподатливост (bg) f (nepodatlivost)
• Dutch: lastigheid f, hardnekkigheid (nl) f
• Irish: docheansaitheacht f, ^{(please verify)} domhúinteacht f
• Manx: neulhoobid m, neusmaghtid m
• Spanish: intratabilidad f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “intractability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “intractability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.