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OBSTREPEROUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obstreperousness mean?
• OBSTREPEROUSNESS (noun)
The noun OBSTREPEROUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. noisy defiance
Familiarity information: OBSTREPEROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Noisy defiance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("obstreperousness" is a kind of...):
defiance; rebelliousness (intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude)
Derivation:
obstreperous (boisterously and noisily aggressive)
obstreperous (noisily and stubbornly defiant)
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