ultra-competitive to the point of recalcitrance

re·cal·ci·trant (r-kls-trnt)
adj.
Marked by stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance. See Synonyms at unruly. Wilfully disobedient [Latin re-[again] + calcitrare to kick]
n.
A recalcitrant person.
        1. recalcitrant - stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" fractious, refractory, disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
        2. recalcitrant - marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators" defiant, non-compliant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"

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WAV - in what possible sense of the word am I on the point of recalcitrance? What authority am I defying here? Who am I disobeying? I know you think you're the supreme dictator of Heaven and Earth but that's only in your own head - it isn't real.

As for ultra-competitive - not in the slightest, dear boy. What I want is for you to wise up to the glorious realities of English Culture and ditch the accumulated bullshit. I want you to enjoy your English citizenship and your repatriation; I want you to become one of us, to assimilate and to become assimilated. You're not going to do that by propagating divisive urban-mythology and tabloid lies about the suppression of our so-called Xmas Traditions (which aren't ours anyway) so as not to offend our ethnic minorities (who are ours in every sense of the word).