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contumacy

/kon-too-muh-see, -tyoo-/US // ˈkɒn tʊ mə si, -tyʊ- //UK // (ˈkɒntjʊməsɪ) //

蔑视性,蔑视,蔑视行为,蔑视性行为

Related Words

insubordination不服从命令,违抗命令,不服从管理,不服管教recalcitrance顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派recalcitrancy顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派disobedience不服从命令,抗命,不服气,不服从refractoriness折射性,折射率,折光性,折射性强contempt蔑视,藐视,鄙视,藐视法庭rebelliousness叛逆性,叛逆,反叛性,叛逆行为

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·tu·ma·cies.

    • : stubborn perverseness or rebelliousness; willful and obstinate resistance or disobedience to authority.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundefiance
Synonyms
contempt蔑视,藐视,鄙视,藐视法庭disobedience不服从命令,抗命,不服气,不服从insubordination不服从命令,违抗命令,不服从管理,不服管教rebelliousness叛逆性,叛逆,反叛性,叛逆行为recalcitrance顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派recalcitrancy顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派refractoriness折射性,折射率,折光性,折射性强

Examples

  • Dubut of Caen was involved in the trial of the Chauffeurs of Mortagne, in 1809, and sentenced to death for contumacy.

  • Mazzini and five more, who escaped, were sentenced in contumacy to death; others were sent to long terms of imprisonment.

  • I fear that your long silence and delay on this head is construed into contumacy and resistance.

  • If they refused to answer, they were punished for contumacy; if they complied, they were punished for Nonconformity.

  • Eighteen years ago he was condemned in contumacy for conspiracy against the life of the late King.

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