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Synonyms & Antonyms of noncooperation
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.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for noncooperation
- balkiness,
- contrariness,
- contumacy,
- defiance,
- disobedience,
- frowardness,
- insubordination,
- intractability,
- obstreperousness,
- rebellion,
- rebelliousness,
- recalcitrance,
- refractoriness,
- unruliness,
- waywardness,
- willfulness
- discourteousness,
- disrespect,
- impertinence,
- impoliteness,
- impudence,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconsideration,
- insolence,
- rudeness,
- ungraciousness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for noncooperation
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“Noncooperation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncooperation. Accessed 2 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of noncooperation was in 1795
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