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noncooperation

[non-koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌnɒn koʊˌɒp əˈreɪ ʃən /




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Mr. Morales-Ortez was free because prosecutors had dropped new malicious-wounding charges, citing victim noncooperation.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

As recently as the noncooperation movement in 1920-22, women played a far more circumscribed role.

From BBC Nov. 29, 2025

And while some challenges to power include individual defiance, Sharp argues that, “If the rulers’ power is to be controlled by withdrawing help and obedience, the noncooperation and disobedience must be widespread.”

From Salon Sep. 30, 2025

Black leather unmistakably communicates noncooperation with a formal or clean-cut dress code; it telegraphs insouciance, skepticism, jadedness.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2023

“We admit that there is a question of noncooperation and passive resistance,” he said.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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