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Defiant

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt

Definitions

One who defies opposition.

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Examples

“Countries condemning South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia still find⟳ it necessary to trade⟳ with these defiants against so-called world opinion.”
“Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment⟳ does not motivate⟳ confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Defiantly defiantness defib defibration defibrator defibrillation

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