inflexible
adjectiveUnwilling or unable to change or bend.
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adjectiveFirmly unwilling to change a position or decision.
dogmatic
adjectiveInsisting on beliefs as unquestionably true without sufficient openness to challenge.
implacable
adjectiveUnable to be appeased or persuaded to relent.
intolerant
adjectiveUnwilling to accept views, behavior, or people regarded as different or objectionable.
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Unwilling to accept differences
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intransigent
adjectiveUnwilling to compromise or change a firmly held position.
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obstinate
adjectiveStubbornly unwilling to change despite reasons or persuasion.
Stubbornly resistant
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uncompromising
adjectiveRefusing to make concessions or weaken a position or standard.
unyielding
adjectiveFirmly refusing to give way or change; also physically inflexible.
Refusing to give way
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