NONCOOPERATION Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

noncooperation

noun

Definition of noncooperation

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

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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

Meanwhile, Yudkowsky took such tropes of rebellion and rule-breaking and built a philosophical apparatus around them.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
The Uprising’s final act does get unwieldy, as the director tries to show just how the rebellion was betrayed.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebellion

Noun

This defiance can be thought of as a refusal to feel shame—or, at least, as the confidence to believe that the shamers are wrong.

— Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
This, itself, is the ultimate act of defiance in the face of America’s neverending frontier.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 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

The board's vague message didn't point to specific administrators or specific instances of disrespect.

— Aubrey Wright, IndyStar, 11 Sep. 2026
No disrespect to the players themselves, Burns said, but Dallas showing that level of concern this close to the start of the season is noteworthy.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of disrespect

Noun

There’s a tinge of humor, too, in Zumthor’s stubbornness when designing someone’s home, as the conceptual clashes with the preferential.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
Once the aging parent’s worries are addressed, their initial stubbornness might disappear.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of stubbornness

Noun

After federal prosecutors and defense attorneys had presented all their evidence Tuesday, Morrow’s attorneys asked Orso to dismiss the three petty charges accusing her of obstruction, disruption and disobedience.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026
Another child said he was forced to carry out artillery strikes and beaten for disobedience.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of disobedience

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