as in rebellious
given to resisting authority or another's control
several recusant senators refused to vote as commanded by the party leadership
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Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2019
Noun
The uniform of the conformist — sports shirt, cardigan, tennis shoes — is as easily recognized as that of the recusant — dirty white T, sideburns, two days’ growth of beard.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recusant
Adjective
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In truth, the school did not have a category, much less a scene, for the kind of man Heff was becoming: an old-school, rebellious beat.Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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Directed by Jason Reitman, the film depicts the rebellious group of writers and performers who helped create a comedy institution that has defied all predictions by enduring on NBC for half a century.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Many of these resisters were born after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and have never known any kind of freedom of speech.Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2024
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Prosecutions, convictions and prison sentences for draft resisters declined sharply in the late 1960s and early 1970s, President Ford’s postwar clemency board concluded in an exhaustive study of the Vietnam War era.Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
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This spike is attributed to the escalation of armed violence since 2021 resulting from the resurgence of M23 rebel armed group and the Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF).Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Analysts say the situation remains fluid and while the rebel group is quickly moving through the town, capturing several battalions especially to the south of the city, fighting is ongoing.Helen Regan, CNN, 2 Aug. 2024
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Inside the swanky The Soho Hotel in central London in June, just weeks before suddenly shutting down the payments system, Raanan had struck a defiant tone.Iain Martin, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Close’s Grandmother pees on a rock and arches her back, almost defiant in face of sunrise.Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
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The two who came closest to challenging him—the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin—are now dead.Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024
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While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case.Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
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Last week, the state had asked Kendrick to plead guilty to conspiracy to violate Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and willful participation in street gang activity.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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As such, this cohort feels that white supremacy can be a confusing emphasis if not willful misdirection.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Within Russia, the oppositionists’ challenges are far greater.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
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Russian oppositionists in exile face nearly insurmountable challenges.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
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So how did the banner raised by insurgents with a legacy of racist violence become our state flag?Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2024
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He is widely credited with rescuing Peru from a painful period of hyperinflation and hunger, and oversaw the destruction of leftist insurgent groups that terrorized Peruvians with car bombs and brutal massacres for more than a decade.Mitra Taj, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Recusant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recusant. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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