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Refusal to obey or acknowledge legitimate authority.

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insubordination

The review distinguished constructive criticism from insubordination.
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An apprentice's insubordination in the novel begins when she refuses the legitimate instruction to return borrowed printing tools at the agreed time.
From Power and Resistance in Fiction.
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