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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 defianceplay

  Familiarity information: OBSTREPEROUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OBSTREPEROUSNESS (noun)


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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