Examples of defiance

• The strong defiance incentives probably weakened somewhat from the mid 1980s, when the state grants became more generous.

• By the mid to late 1980s, defiance had reached a point where the government had clearly lost control.

• To insure originality he set the rules of composition (which he never violated in his vocal productions) at defiance.

• The policies of this sovereign nation, as well as its cultural symbols, reflect a pragmatism tinged with a defiance of established political and economic conventions.

• Dignified defiance is mostly fueled by dignity as a virtue, a strong sense of self-worth, courage, wisdom, temperance, and justice.

• They indulged in alcohol and maintained an attitude of defiance to the norms.

• It had more impact than sophisticated jazz, because more easily assimilated, and was a more widespread outlet for boisterous youth with its defiance of conventions.

• This resistance against efforts at government repression became both a symbolic and structural defiance against the system.