noncooperation

noun

Definition of noncooperationnext
as in rebelliousness
failure or refusal to do what someone has told or asked you to do; lack of cooperation They adopted a strategy of noncooperation until they were treated fairly.

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Recent Examples of noncooperation Women have also developed other forms of gendered noncooperation that can benefit mass movements. — Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022 Women have pioneered other forms of social noncooperation, as well. — Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022 America hasn’t conducted on-site inspections of Russia’s nuclear arsenal since March 2020 in any case, first because of Covid-19 and then Russian noncooperation during the war in Ukraine. — Matthew Kroenig, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023 The World Health Organization said noncooperation by China has forced the global body to halt its probe into the origins of the coronavirus but later walked that back. — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for noncooperation
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  1. rebellion
  2. defiance
  3. disrespect
  4. disobedience
Noun
  • Wouldn't that seed resentment and the beginnings of the exact rebellion that takes place?
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • As Frederick Douglass noted in a June 1854 newspaper editorial, however, many Americans praised Henry’s phrase and the violent rebellion against British oppression while simultaneously decrying violent resistance to slavery.
    — Cassandra Good, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of rebellion
Noun
  • The mug shot has become one of the most infamous photos of the president and is a symbol of defiance for both Trump and his supporters.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In response, Trump's administration has launched investigation against four of those states – California, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Maine – over potential Title IX violations for their continued defiance of the order.
    — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of defiance
Noun
  • The disrespect of Shedeur Sanders has reached absurd levels.
    — Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
  • My concerns have only doubled since the hearing, at which two academics from the University of Connecticut’s Puerto Rican Studies Initiative for Civic Engagement and Public Policy were treated with suspicion and sidelong disrespect by certain legislators.
    — Julio Fuentes, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of disrespect
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  • Alleging disobedience, among other claimed doctrinal infractions, the OCA excommunicated the Homyks and longtime parish council leader Rivera.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Pardons have sometimes been used in the past — in some cases wisely, in others not — to turn the page on divisive episodes of civil disorder and disobedience.
    — The Editors, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
Definition of disobedience

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“Noncooperation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncooperation. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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