Adjective: recalcitrant ri'kal-si-trunt
- Stubbornly resistant to authority or control
"The recalcitrant student refused to follow the rules";
- fractious, refractory, incalcitrant [non-standard]
- Marked by stubborn resistance to authority
"the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators";
- incalcitrant [non-standard]
See also: defiant, disobedient, noncompliant
Encyclopedia: Recalcitrant