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 The critics from back then are on him again now—except this time many are urging him to have local police act more proactively to protect residents from ICE’s excesses and to hold the line on noncooperation with DHS. — Julia Terruso, Time, 5 Feb. 2026 Nevertheless, some common, noncooperation policies have existed in a handful of places, including Charlotte, where the police don't help with immigration enforcement. — CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025 Some might argue that for middle America conditions are not yet painful enough, socially or economically, to inspire sustained noncooperation. — Michael Shank, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 Any entity receiving city funding, such as contractors, would have to follow the city’s warrant and noncooperation standards. — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncooperation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncooperation
  1. rebelliousness
  2. rebellion
  3. defiance
  4. willfulness
  5. disrespect
  6. stubbornness
  7. disobedience
Noun
  • Whether writing five decades ago or today, the genre’s most insightful commentators have always observed how punk fuses rebelliousness with commodification, capitalism with resistance.
    — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026
  • Marji’s rebelliousness, both admirable and terrifying for those who love her, is her salient characteristic.
    — Hillary Chute, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Definition of rebelliousness
Noun
  • In reality, the big debate has been about questions such as whether military bases should be named for traitors and whether governments should host monuments to a rebellion to defend slavery.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
  • Songwriting happened naturally as a rebellion to learning certain chords.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Definition of rebellion
Noun
  • The protests mark a rare show of defiance against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
    — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
  • But that successful act of cheating is central to Maradona’s legend, as is his defiance in the aftermath.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
Definition of defiance
Noun
  • Those leaders who ignore or flout the law aren’t merely unethical but fatally arrogant, putting their childish willfulness over the wisdom of generations.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Though the Durutti Column had been a disaster, Wilson was fascinated by the guitarist, who admired punk’s willfulness even though his own musical taste tended toward jazz, blues, and the classical tradition.
    — Brad Shoup, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of willfulness
Noun
  • Otero Alcántara, who was serving five years on charges of showing disrespect to national symbols, was set to be released from Guanjay, a maximum-security prison roughly 35 miles southwest of Havana, on July 9.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 15 July 2026
  • In 2022, a court sentenced him to five years in prison for public disorder, contempt and disrespect toward national symbols.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of disrespect
Noun
  • Penelope is Odysseus’ equal, in cunning, in stubbornness, in wiles.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • The stubbornness that makes such an elite golfer doesn’t accept that.
    — Brody Miller, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of stubbornness
Noun
  • But many Catholics, including conservative and traditional ones, are opposed to the consecrations, viewing them as an act of severe disobedience to the pope that hurts the church.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • But many Catholics not in Econe, including conservative and traditional ones, opposed the consecrations as an act of severe disobedience that hurts the church.
    — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of disobedience

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“Noncooperation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncooperation. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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