- noncooperation
- noun Date: 1795 failure or refusal to cooperate; specifically refusal through civil disobedience of a people to cooperate with the government of a country • noncooperationist noun • noncooperator noun
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noncooperation
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noncooperation — index contempt (disobedience to the court), defiance, dereliction, disaccord, division (act of dividing), impugnation, nonperformance … Law dictionary
noncooperation — [nän΄kō äp΄ər ā′shən] n. 1. failure to work together or in unison with a person, group, or organization 2. refusal to cooperate with a government through various acts of civil disobedience, as by nonpayment of taxes: used as a form of protest, as … English World dictionary
Noncooperation Movement — ▪ Indian history (September 1920–February 1922), unsuccessful attempt, organized by Mohandas Gandhi (Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand), to induce the British government of India to grant self government, or swaraj, to India. It arose from the… … Universalium
noncooperation — noncooperative /non koh op euhr euh tiv, euh ray tiv/, adj. noncooperator, n. noncooperationist, n. /non koh op euh ray sheuhn/, n. 1. failure or refusal to cooperate. 2. a method or practice, as that established in India by Gandhi, of showing… … Universalium
noncooperation — noun The active absence of cooperation … Wiktionary
Noncooperation — Non Co|ope|ra|tion, Non|co|ope|ra|tion [ nɔnkoʊ|ɔpə( )reɪʃən ], die; [engl. non co operation = Nichtzusammenarbeit]: Vorgehensweise Mahatma Gandhis, mit der er durch Verweigerung der Zusammenarbeit mit den britischen Behörden u. durch Boykott… … Universal-Lexikon
Noncooperation — Non|co|ope|ra|tion, auch Non Co|ope|ra|tion [nɔnkouɔpə reiʃən] die; <aus gleichbed. engl. non co operation, eigtl. »Nichtzusammenarbeit«> Kampfesweise Gandhis, mit der er durch Verweigerung der Zusammenarbeit mit den brit. Behörden u. durch … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
noncooperation — non|co|op|er|a|tion [ ,nankou,apə reıʃn ] noun uncount a policy of not doing what someone wants you to do, especially as a type of protest … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
noncooperation — n. lack of cooperation, absence of team work, lack of group effort nÉ‘nkəʊɑpÉ™ reɪʃn / nÉ’nkəʊɒ … English contemporary dictionary
noncooperation — non·cooperation … English syllables
