0 behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something:
The demonstration is a pointless act/gesture of defiance against the government.
In defiance of the ceasefire, rebel troops are again firing on the capital.
1 proud and determined opposition against authority or against someone more powerful than you are:
They are continuing to publish their newspaper, in defiance of government attempts to close it down.
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.
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對抗, 對��, 違抗…
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rebeldía, desafío, desafío [masculine]…
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karşı koyma, meydan okuma, itaatsizlik…
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défi [masculine], mépris [masculine], défi…
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