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Meaning: Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason Synonyms: adamant; intransigent; inexorable; adamantine Context examples: he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind / Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him / an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency Similar: inflexible (incapable of change) "While there's life, there's hope." (English proverb) "A handful of love is better than an oven full of bread" (Breton proverb) "A wise man associating with the vicious becomes an idiot; a dog traveling with good men becomes a rational being." (Arabic proverb) "The fox can lose his fur but not his cunning." (Corsican proverb)
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