The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Refractoriness \Re*frac"to*ri*ness\, n.
   The quality or condition of being refractory.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

refractoriness
    n 1: the trait of being unmanageable [syn: refractoriness,
         unmanageableness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy]