as in rebellion
refusal to obey
the teen's unrelenting balkiness was truly frustrating
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Yoon, who has already been in jail for months, faces eight criminal trials including his rebellion case over the martial law decree and other accusations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026 -
But Cialente also captures the discordant keys of a multigenerational household, from childlike angst to youthful rebellion to marital frustration.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Activists arrested in defiance of The Homeland have had their portraits altered via AI.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
26 Jan. 2026
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This, too, gave audiences a sense of being in-the-moment, offering a contemporary upgrade for our current times, showing a bit of defiance, a bit of dishevelment and a sense of personality that’s often lost in the polished, proper world of high fashion.—
Brett F. Braley-Palko,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The orphan’s predicament is as much a matter of willfulness as of survival—inseparable, as in the works of Charles Dickens, from a dream of being somehow rescued by the idea of an adult world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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While this change reduces the explicit admission of willfulness, a narrative is still required.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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What happens more often is the day-to-day interactions with residents that show the clear disrespect [officers have] with general residents.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
16 Jan. 2026
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Our casual disrespect for horological privacy has gone too far!—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Balkiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balkiness. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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