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NONCOMPLIANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who refuses to comply

Synonyms:

balker; baulker; noncompliant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("noncompliant" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "noncompliant"):

negativist (someone who refuses to do what is asked or does the opposite of what is asked)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

Example:

a defiant attitude

Synonyms:

defiant; noncompliant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

insubordinate; resistant; resistive (disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority)

obstreperous (noisily and stubbornly defiant)

recalcitrant (marked by stubborn resistance to authority)

Also:

difficult; unmanageable (hard to control)

disobedient (not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority)

insubordinate (not submissive to authority)

intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)

unwilling (not disposed or inclined toward)

Derivation:

noncompliance (the failure to obey)

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