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
Examples of noncooperation in a Sentence
They adopted a strategy of noncooperation until they were treated fairly.
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Women have also developed other forms of gendered noncooperation that can benefit mass movements.
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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
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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
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“Noncooperation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noncooperation. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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