The quality or condition of being unruly: disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness.

What does refractoriness mean?

Medical Definition of refractoriness

: the insensitivity to further immediate stimulation that develops in irritable and especially nervous tissue as a result of intense or prolonged stimulation.

Can people be refractory?

Refractory people are difficult to deal with or control, usually because they are unwilling to obey orders.