disobedient
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English disobedient, dysobedyent, from Old French desobedient; morphologically, from dis- + obedient.
Pronunciation- (British) IPA: /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪənt/
disobedient
- Not obedient.
- French: désobéissant
- German: ungehorsam
- Italian: disubbidiente
- Portuguese: desobediente
- Russian: непоко́рный
- Spanish: desobediente
disobedient (plural disobedients)
- One who disobeys.
- 1972, Social Theory and Practice, volume 2, page 493:
- Since civil disobedients act conscientiously, Cohen believes that “extra-long prison terms will not make better men of these disobedients, nor much deter others of similar conviction.”
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