incorrigibleness

Meanings

• adjective

  Unchangeable or unyielding, especially in a way that is unwilling or unable to be corrected.

  - "Despite numerous warnings, the child's incorrigibleness made disciplining her a difficult task."
  - "The dog's incorrigibleness in fetching sticks made training sessions frustrating."

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Rhymes

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rebellious , unforgiving , obstinateness , obdurateness

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Variants

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incorrigibilities , incorrigibility , incorrigible , incorrigibleness , incorrigiblenesses , incorrigibles , incorrigibly

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'corrigere' which means to correct, and the negation prefix 'in-'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'incorrigibleness' is often used in the context of education to describe students who are difficult to teach.

2. Incorrigibleness is a common trait in some fictional characters, such as Tarzan and Captain Hook.

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Related Concepts

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1. obduracy: A synonym for incorrigibleness, meaning stubbornness or unwillingness to change.

2. recalcitrance: A synonym for incorrigibleness, meaning resistance to control or unwillingness to comply.

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Quotes

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1. Yes, this is a book about America … all seen through the fairy-book life of an "incorrigible" kid, abandoned by his parents and brought up in a reformatory …

   - Stephen Jay Gould,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},7 May 1989

2. Eating fugu … is an exotic custom that probably would appeal to every "incorrigible" mountain climber, skydiver and bungee-jumper in America. Why? The fugu is poisonous—and there's no antidote.

   - Max Friedman,{it}Vegetarian Times{/it},October 1993

3. At the heart of Roosevelt's style in foreign affairs was a certain "incorrigible" amateurism. His off-the-cuff improvisations, his airy tendency to throw out half-baked ideas, caused others to underrate his continuity of purpose …

   - Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.,{it}American Heritage{/it},May/June 1994

4. The "incorrigible" maleness of men is a standing rebuke to the Rousseau-inspired notions of human moral plasticity that are central to liberalism.

   - Richard Lowry,{it}National Review{/it},3 July 2000

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Culture

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Incorrigibleness is often used in literature to describe characters who are stubborn or unwilling to change their ways, even when it is to their detriment. For example, in Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment', the protagonist Raskolnikov is described as being incorrigibly proud and arrogant.

How to Memorize "incorrigibleness"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person or object that is unchangeable or unwilling to be corrected. For example, imagine a stone that cannot be moved or a mule that refuses to climb a hill.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'incorrigibleness' with words like 'stubbornness', 'unwillingness', and 'obduracy'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Incorrigible means unwilling to be corrected'.

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