non-cooperatorn.
/ˌnɒnkəʊˈɒpəreɪtə/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkoʊˈɑpəˌreɪdər/ A person who practises or advocates non-cooperation.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > insubordinate person > intractable person
repugnant1625
Tartar1669
ugly customer1811
recalcitrant1825
non-compliant1854
intractable1883
non-cooperator1896
hardcore1916
badman1954
badass1956
banduluc1977
1896 Econ. Jrnl. 6 455 Those large federations of consumers' societies, and especially the English Co-operative Wholesale Society, which employ many thousand workers, largely non-co-operators, for wages only.
1922 J. T. Gwynn Let. 17 May in Indian Politics (1924) iii. 18 The first-raters may be looked for either among the Co-operators or among the practising Non-Co-operators.
1928 Observer 19 Feb. 17/3 The non-co-operators expected to win in the division.
1985 G. Paley Later Same Day 72 He was a non-cooperator or a deserter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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