Q. Where did the word recalcitrant originate from?
Recalcitrant is from Latin calcitrare, meaning “to kick,” so someone who is recalcitrant is kicking back against what’s wanted of them. Synonyms are unruly, intractable, and refractory, all referring to what is difficult to manage or control.
Q. How do you use recalcitrant in a sentence?
Recalcitrant in a Sentence 🔉
- Despite being offered treats by his parents, the little boy was still recalcitrant about doing his homework.
- Because of its two recalcitrant members, the committee got very little work done.
- The recalcitrant teenager gets into trouble every day.
Q. What does Incalcitrant mean?
Marked by stubborn resistance to authority. “the University suspended the most incalcitrant demonstrators”; – recalcitrant. Stubbornly resistant to authority or control. – fractious, refractory, recalcitrant.
Q. What does recalcitrant mean in medical terms?
Recalcitrant: Stubborn. For example, a recalcitrant case of pneumonia stubbornly resists treatment.
Q. What is the most common meaning of recalcitrant?
1 : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint. 2a : difficult to manage or operate. b : not responsive to treatment.
Q. What are two synonyms for recalcitrant?
Some common synonyms of recalcitrant are headstrong, intractable, refractory, ungovernable, unruly, and willful. While all these words mean “not submissive to government or control,” recalcitrant suggests determined resistance to or defiance of authority.
Q. What is the opposite of recalcitrant?
Antonyms for recalcitrant compliant, amenable, agreeable, obedient, yielding, passive, manageable.
Q. What is a synonym for Ponder?
Frequently Asked Questions About ponder Some common synonyms of ponder are meditate, muse, and ruminate. While all these words mean “to consider or examine attentively or deliberately,” ponder implies a careful weighing of a problem or, often, prolonged inconclusive thinking about a matter.
Q. Which word is the best synonym for Ponder?
other words for ponder
- consider.
- contemplate.
- deliberate.
- evaluate.
- examine.
- mull.
- reflect.
- weigh.
Q. What’s a word for makes you think?
What is another word for make you think of?
| suggest | connote |
|---|---|
| inform | name |
| proclaim | angle |
| discuss | implicate |
| have in mind | make |
Q. What does pandered mean?
To pander is to appease or gratify, and often in a negative, self-serving way. The word pander began its infamous history as the name of various characters. Pandarus was a character in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, as well as in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.
Q. Who is the father of absurd drama?
Samuel Beckett
Q. Who belongs to the Theater of Absurd?
But in theatre the word ‘absurdism’ is often used more specifically, to refer to primarily European drama written in the 1950s and 1960s by writers including Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet and Harold Pinter, often grouped together as ‘the theatre of the absurd’, a phrase coined by the critic Martin Esslin.
Q. What does the word absurd mean in Theatre of the absurd?
The Theatre of the Absurd is a movement made up of many diverse plays, most of which were written between 1940 and 1960. Whereas we tend to use the word “absurd” synonymously with “ridiculous,” Esslin was referring to the original meaning of the word– ‘out of harmony with reason or propriety; illogical’ (Esslin 23).
Q. Is absurd Theatre relevant today?
It is absurd if fans of theatre in the City feel that the ‘Theatre of the Absurd’, a genre practised in the 50s has no space today. The plays were performed as part of the ‘Deccan Herald Theatre Festival’. …
