Hyphenation of recalcitrant

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word recalcitrant? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

re-cal-ci-trant

Definitions of recalcitrant:

1.	Stubbornly resistant to authority or control A fractious animal that would not submit to the harness A refractory child
2.	Marked by stubborn resistance to authority The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators

Synonyms of recalcitrant:

adj	refractory, intractable
adj	defiant, noncompliant

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The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.