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intractableness

NOUN
unruliness
Synonyms
STRONG
affront audacity boldness bravado brazenness call cartel challenge command confrontation contempt contrariness contumacy dare disorderliness effrontery fractiousness gas guts impudence insolence insubordination insurgence insurgency intractability lip muster obstinacy obstreperousness opposition order perversity provocation rebellion rebelliousness recalcitrance recalcitrancy refractoriness revolt sass spite stump summons temerity wildness
WEAK
back talk big talk defy enjoinder factiousness hot air impugnment indocility obstinateness throwing of the gauntlet uncontrollability uncontrollableness ungovernableness unmanageability untowardness
Antonyms
STRONG
answer calm care caution cowardice fear harmony humility love modesty peace respect timidity

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It is owing to the intractableness and vileness of matter that the Divine Idea finds itself so imperfectly realized.

From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John

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