noncooperation

noun

non·​co·​op·​er·​a·​tion ˌnän-kō-ˌä-pə-ˈrā-shən 

: failure or refusal to cooperate

specifically : refusal through civil disobedience of a people to cooperate with the government of a country

noncooperationist

ˌnän-kō-ˌä-pə-ˈrā-sh(ə-)nist 

noun

noncooperator

ˌnän-kō-ˈä-pə-ˌrā-tər 

noun

Examples of noncooperation in a Sentence

They adopted a strategy of noncooperation until they were treated fairly.

Recent Examples on the Web

Women have also developed other forms of gendered noncooperation that can benefit mass movements. —Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022

Women have pioneered other forms of social noncooperation, as well. —Erica Chenoweth, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2022

America hasn’t conducted on-site inspections of Russia’s nuclear arsenal since March 2020 in any case, first because of Covid-19 and then Russian noncooperation during the war in Ukraine. —Matthew Kroenig, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023

The World Health Organization said noncooperation by China has forced the global body to halt its probe into the origins of the coronavirus but later walked that back. —Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1795, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

noncooperation

noun

ˌnän-kō-ˌäp-ə-ˈrā-shən

: failure or refusal to cooperate especially with the government