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Word of the Day (intransigence)-13AUG21

Word of the Day (intransigence)-13AUG21

Today’s “Word of the Day” is intransigence and it is a noun meaning “unreasonable refusal or unwillingness to change/compromise on something (view, attitude, behaviour, position); inflexibility, obstinacy, rigidity, single-mindedness, stubbornness”.

Example Sentence: Scientists, too, have called for their repeated warnings over the climate crisis, so often eclipsed by political intransigence or falsehoods spread by the fossil fuel industry, to finally be heeded by US lawmakers. “There’s really one key message that emerges from this (IPCC) report: we are out of time,” said Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Georgia Tech.

This word is present in The Guardian article UN climate report raises pressure on Biden to seize a rare moment and click here to read it.

Courtesy: The Guardian

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