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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
| examples | brought up to be aggressive and defiant a defiant attitude |
| Outgoing links | |
| Also see | disobedient; insubordinate; intractable; unmanageable, difficult; unwilling |
| Derivationally related form | noncompliant → noncompliance |
| Derivationally related form | defiant → defy; defiant → defiance; defiant → defiance; defiant → defiance |
| Antonym | defiant → compliant |
| Similar to | insubordinate, resistant, resistive; obstreperous; recalcitrant |
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| Similar to | insubordinate, resistant, resistive; obstreperous; recalcitrant |
| Antonym | compliant → defiant |
| Also see | unmanageable, difficult; disobedient; insubordinate; intractable; unwilling |
| Derived from adjective | defiantly → defiant |
| Derivationally related form | defiance → defiant; defiance → defiant; defiance → defiant; defy → defiant |
| Derivationally related form | noncompliance → noncompliant |
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