recalcitrant students
students who are rebellious and resist authority
TRANSLATION
recalcitrant = bockig, aufmüpfig, aufsässig
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Teachers are not policemen or social workers and they should refuse to teach RECALCITRANT and disruptive pupils.
(BBC News - 13th October 2004)
(BBC News - 13th October 2004)
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recalcitrant
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance.
Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrans, recalcitrant- present participle of recalcitarre, to be disobedient, from Latin, to deny access : re-, re- + calcitrre, to kick (from calx, calc-, heel).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Date: 1843
Synonyms: unruly, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, headstrong, wayward. These adjectives all mean resistant or marked by resistance to control.
UNRULY implies failure to submit to rule or discipline: unruly behavior in class.
INTRACTABLE and REFRACTORY refer to what is obstinate and difficult to manage or control: “the intractable ferocity of his captive” (Edgar Allan Poe). “
One that is RECALCITRANT rebels against authority: arrested the recalcitrant protestors.
HEADSTRONG describe one obstinately bent on having his or her own way: The headstrong senator ignored his constituency.
One who is WAYWARD willfully and often perversely departs from what is desired, advised, expected, or required: “a lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward” (Charlotte Brontë).
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance.
Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrans, recalcitrant- present participle of recalcitarre, to be disobedient, from Latin, to deny access : re-, re- + calcitrre, to kick (from calx, calc-, heel).
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Date: 1843
Synonyms: unruly, intractable, refractory, recalcitrant, headstrong, wayward. These adjectives all mean resistant or marked by resistance to control.
UNRULY implies failure to submit to rule or discipline: unruly behavior in class.
INTRACTABLE and REFRACTORY refer to what is obstinate and difficult to manage or control: “the intractable ferocity of his captive” (Edgar Allan Poe). “
One that is RECALCITRANT rebels against authority: arrested the recalcitrant protestors.
HEADSTRONG describe one obstinately bent on having his or her own way: The headstrong senator ignored his constituency.
One who is WAYWARD willfully and often perversely departs from what is desired, advised, expected, or required: “a lively child, who had been spoilt and indulged, and therefore was sometimes wayward” (Charlotte Brontë).
