insubmissive

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Wilder is the best representative of the American he describes�lonely, nomadic and insubmissive.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the point of view of the European, an American is nomad in relation to place, disattached in relation to time, lonely in relation to society, and insubmissive to circumstance, destiny, or God.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was hard for her to find words that would not seem too positive, too insubmissive.

From A Life's Morning by Gissing, George

Lamennais, no less devout in spirit than they, died insubmissive, and above his grave, among the poor of P�re-Lachaise, no cross was erected.

From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund

"It is the most simple thing, for your entire character is described in these four words: venal, ferocious, frivolous and insubmissive!"

From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre