noncooperation
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5.4
- noun
- /nɒnˌkoʊˈɒpəˌreɪʃən/
:
no cooperación
- According to Kathmandu, this report must also highlight the cost of noncooperation among the four countries.
Examples
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The policy of noncooperation adopted by most faculty and university representatives was a serious political miscalculation.
Academic text (1996) -
Peaceful, nonviolent noncooperation... till you yourself see the wisdom of leaving...
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As long as it does not, the current leadership will choose noncooperation and rhetorical confrontation, even at the cost of continued isolation.
Academic text (2006) -
Systematic and institutional change occurs when people engage in mass protest and noncooperation with policies that support a corrupt status quo.
Blog text (2) -
Strike Debt intends to spark a movement of collective noncooperation and resistance by showing people debt's true form.
Blog text (7) -
Indeed, earlier this year, Brussels offered $100 million in new loans to Belgrade on the same day that Washington suspended aid over noncooperation on war criminals; pointedly, France and Germany chose that occasion to announce that accountability for war crimes would not affect their aid decisions.
Academic text (2002) -
For all his diplomatic promises about noncooperation with terrorists, the evidence that Bashar al-Assad aids and abets Al-Qaeda is damning.
Academic text (2010) -
The activists organized a campaign of noncooperation to protest against the new law.
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His refusal to support the project was seen as an act of noncooperation with the team's objectives.
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During the strike, workers engaged in noncooperation by not attending any meetings or offering assistance.
Synonyms
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4.2
Refusing to obey rules or people in charge
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7.7
Failure to follow a rule, order, or request
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7.7
A habit where someone does the opposite of what others want on purpose
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6.1
Not taking part in an activity with other people
Failure to follow accepted rules, standards, or requirements
Not following a law, rule, or custom
The failure to obey a rule or law
Not taking part in an activity, especially when others do it together
Antonyms
How Cooperative
Surface Forms
Morphology
noncooperation = cooperation (transparent) = non + cooperate + ion
The productive prefix 'non-' simply negates the noun 'cooperation', yielding an expected opposite meaning.
Etymology
Noncooperation is formed from non- and cooperation; co- means 'with' and operate means 'work', so cooperation is 'working with' others. Noncooperation is therefore 'not working with' others on purpose, often used to show that you disagree.