as in rebellion
refusal to obey
punished her recalcitrance by taking away her driving privileges
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Recent Examples of recalcitrance
But recalcitrance among the top brass continued to thwart meaningful change.
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Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Trying to figure out how to deal with a man whose seems more wired for recalcitrance than responsiveness.
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
With the state’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Board meeting last week to hash out recommendations for allocating tens of millions of dollars in settlement funds for opioid relief, the state’s recalcitrance keeps the option of funding OPCs off the table.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
Reform efforts founder in the face of bureaucratic recalcitrance.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2023
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Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Trying to figure out how to deal with a man whose seems more wired for recalcitrance than responsiveness.
—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
With the state’s Opioid Settlement Advisory Board meeting last week to hash out recommendations for allocating tens of millions of dollars in settlement funds for opioid relief, the state’s recalcitrance keeps the option of funding OPCs off the table.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
Reform efforts founder in the face of bureaucratic recalcitrance.
—Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recalcitrance
Noun
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Or just a brilliant disguise?’ - from Brilliant Disguise Rock 'n' roll has always embodied rebellion and dissent.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Set in the Alentejo region of southern Portugal, where Mateus was raised, a peasant community of grape-pickers become agents in an open-air ritual of remembrance and rebellion.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Last December, Willis was arrested at the Capitol for staging a bathroom sit-in in defiance of a proposal to ban trans women from women’s restrooms on federal property.—
Erin McMullen,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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The examples that are often pointed to are not quite outright defiance of court orders.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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No disrespect to Sir Paul McCartney, but Dwayne Carter Jr. (a.k.a. Lil Wayne) clearly had the superior musical medley of the night.—
Andy Hoglund,
EW.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Public disrespect should be met with the most immediate public apology through the same medium.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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That kind of aspirational-prediction dynamic is informing Trump’s disobedience of congressional statutes that limit his control over the executive branch.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
13 Feb. 2025
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These laws sought to punish the people of Massachusetts for their disobedience during the Boston Tea Party by suspending civil government and trial by jury, among other things.—
Lawrence B.A. Hatter / Made by History,
TIME,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Recalcitrance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recalcitrance. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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