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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

disobbedienza

Pronunciation / Transliteration: disobbedienza

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Disobedience/ˌdɪs.əˈbiː.di.əns/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #5400 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La disobbedienza alle regole della scuola comporta delle sanzioni."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Failure or refusal to obey rules, laws, or a command from someone in authority.

    "The teacher punished the students for their persistent disobedience in the classroom."
  2. 2

    An act of defying established rules or social norms.

    "Civil disobedience has historically been a powerful tool for social and political change."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word desobeissance, originating from Latin dis- (expressing negation) combined with obedire (to obey). It entered the English language in the late 14th century, evolving to describe the refusal or failure to obey rules, laws, or authority.

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