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I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance.
Nancy Gibbs

Meaning of "defiance" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFIANCE

defiance  [dɪˈfaɪəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFIANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defiance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFIANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of defiance in the English dictionary

The definition of defiance in the dictionary is open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power. Other definition of defiance is a challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFIANCE


affiance
əˈfaɪəns
alliance
əˈlaɪəns
ambiance
ˈæmbɪəns
appliance
əˈplaɪəns
audience
ˈɔːdɪəns
bioscience
ˈbaɪəʊˌsaɪəns
compliance
kəmˈplaɪəns
convenience
kənˈviːnɪəns
ethnoscience
ˌeθnəʊˈsaɪəns
experience
ɪkˈspɪərɪəns
geoscience
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsaɪəns
incompliance
ˌɪnkəmˈplaɪəns
misalliance
ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns
neuroscience
ˈnjʊərəʊˌsaɪəns
noncompliance
ˌnɒnkəmˈplaɪəns
overreliance
ˌəʊvərɪˈlaɪəns
pseudoscience
ˌsjuːdəʊˈsaɪəns
reliance
rɪˈlaɪəns
science
ˈsaɪəns
variance
ˈvɛərɪəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFIANCE

defi
defiant
defiantly
defiantness
defibrillate
defibrillation
defibrillator
defibrinate
defibrination
defibrinise
defibrinize
deficience
deficiencies
deficiency
deficiency disease
deficiency payment
deficient
deficiently
deficientness
deficit

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFIANCE

advance
allegiance
analysis of variance
at variance
brilliance
Canadian Alliance
covariance
deviance
domestic appliance
insouciance
invariance
irradiance
kitchen appliance
luxuriance
Pledge of Allegiance
radiance
self-reliance
the Alliance
Triple Alliance
valiance
War of the Grand Alliance

Synonyms and antonyms of defiance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFIANCE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «defiance» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of defiance

Translation of «defiance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFIANCE

Find out the translation of defiance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defiance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defiance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

违抗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desafío
570 millions of speakers

English

defiance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अवज्ञा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التحدي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неповиновению
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desafio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্বন্দ্বার্থ আহ্বান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bantahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trotz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反抗的態度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 반항
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Defiance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự khinh thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எதிர்ப்புத் தெரிவித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अवज्ञा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nispet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bunt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непокори
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sfidare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιφρόνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tarting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Defiance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defiance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFIANCE»

The term «defiance» is very widely used and occupies the 18.013 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFIANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «defiance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «defiance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defiance

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10 QUOTES WITH «DEFIANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word defiance.
1
Dick Cheney
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve.
2
Tony Curran
There was an act of defiance which goes on where these humans and aliens save these children, and hence the name/term of 'Defiance.' Formerly, it was St. Louis. This frontier town springs up from it. And everybody tries to integrate, they try to re-invent themselves as well.
3
Nancy Gibbs
I come from a family of teachers, and I believe ideas matter; the good ones deserve reverence, and the bad ones, defiance.
4
Abraham Joshua Heschel
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
5
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Back in those early days when I began my apprenticeship as a poet, I also tried to voice our anger, spirit of defiance and resistance in a Jamaican poetic idiom.
6
Rick Kaplan
Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance.
7
Denis Kearney
We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.
8
Samuel Lover
What is wine? It is the grape present in another form; its essence is there, though the fruit which produced it grew thousands of miles away, and perished years ago. So the object of many a tender thought may be spiritually present, in defiance of space - and fond recollections cherished in defiance of time.
9
Ben Macintyre
The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committee, controversially published his account of the operation in defiance of official secrecy.
10
Franz Marc
Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFIANCE»

Discover the use of defiance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defiance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Defiance
Tec brings to light the untold story of Bielski's struggle as a partisan who lost his parents, wife, and two brothers to the Nazis, yet never wavered in his conviction that it was more important to save one Jew than to kill twenty Germans.
Nechama Tec, 2008
2
Defiance: Number 1 in series
Rachel's world is confined to the protective walls around her city.
C.J. Redwine, 2012
3
Defiance
When an ancient, mysterious relic is unearthed in Cybertron, Megatron discovers a way to harness its power and rule over Optimus Prime and the other Autobots.
Chris Mowry, 2009
4
Defiance
The murder of an international attorney, the posturing of a power-hungry politician, the schemes of a psychotic stalker, and the high-stakes drama of a daring rescue mission: Navy JAG Lieutenant Commander Zack Brewer is in the spotlight and ...
Don Brown, 2009
5
Defiance
Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner, battling cancer, finds inspiration from an old woman and strength from a broken-down cow.
Valerie Hobbs, 2009
6
Defiance: A Strange Angels Novel
Now that sixteen-year-old Dru's worst fears have come true and Sergej has kidnapped her best friend Graves, she'll have to go on a suicidal rescue mission to bring him back in one piece.
Lili St. Crow, 2011
7
Defiance
Defiance, the second work in Shanley's trilogy which began with Doubt, is set in 1971 at a military base where a lieutenant colonel and his reluctant protege, a young African-American captain, clash over issues of race and authority within ...
John Patrick Shanley, 2007
8
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 ...
From her frenetic supermarket shopping spree -- worth $3,000 today -- to her clever entries worthy of Erma Bombeck, Dorothy Parker, and Ogden Nash, the story of this irrepressible woman whose talents reached far beyond her formidable verbal ...
Terry Ryan, 2005
9
Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the ...
Benjamin Carp tells the full story, paying particular attention to the global context & exploding myths that have arisen over the years since 1773.
Benjamin L. Carp, 2011
10
Defiance
In an atmosphere of extreme civil unrest, a scientist makes a significant breakthrough which could bankrupt global businesses and decimate the economies of several nations.
Tom Ryker, Genevieve Perenelle, Lindsay Jones, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFIANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defiance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
China stocks fall in defiance of Beijing's support efforts
Another 173 firms listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen announced trading suspensions after the market closed on Tuesday — bringing the total to ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
'Defiance': Florida county bucks PC trend, keeps Confederate Flag …
A Florida county is bucking the politically correct trend of removing the Confederate flag from government property, and actually reinstated the ... «BizPac Review, Jul 15»
3
Calm defiance giving way to panic as Greek deadline looms
I sat last night with a Greek family and their friends as they heard the news that the Eurozone's leaders had given a final ultimatum. A deal by ... «Channel 4 News, Jul 15»
4
Napoleon to face Defiance on Thursday night
Napoleon and Defiance will get away from the traditional Friday night football game for the next two years as the schools announced Tuesday ... «Napoleon Northwest Signal, Jul 15»
5
Bomb threat leads to evacuation of Defiance Wal-Mart
DEFIANCE — At approximately 6:14 p.m. Monday, a bomb threat was received by an employee at the Defiance Wal-Mart, leading to the ... «Napoleon Northwest Signal, Jul 15»
6
Gibbons and tigers to be featured at Point Defiance Zoo
TACOMA, Wash. – Conservation is practiced and celebrated every day at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, but some animals and their stories ... «The Suburban Times, Jul 15»
7
Defiance season 3 episode 5 review: History Rhymes
If only every Defiance episode could work as well as this week's, which had great story flow and characteristically strong SFX... This review ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
8
Friday Cable Ratings: 'Alaskan Bush People' Wins Night, 'Teen …
Friday Cable Ratings: 'Alaskan Bush People' Wins Night, 'Teen Titans Go!', 'Defiance', Wimbledon, Baseball & More. Categories: 2-Featured ... «TVbytheNumbers, Jul 15»
9
Syfy UK's 'Dark Matter' Grows By 5% In Week 2, 'Defiance' Down In …
Pulling off a rare feat, the space opera series actually grew its audience in its second week, drawing a consolidated audience of 393K viewers. «TVWise, Jul 15»
10
Joseph Tubbs
Joseph Howard Tubbs, 70, former resident of Defiance, Ohio, died in his home on Sunday, July 5, 2015, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he lived ... «Defiance Crescent News, Jul 15»

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