oppositionality

Some patients are offered medications by their physicians to curb distinctly anti-social impulses such as oppositionality, verbal aggression and violence.

Privacy and Medicine Allen, Anita 2009

And so I see this oppositionality between belief and non-belief as almost a moot point.

Is religion a force for good... or would we be happier without God? Anushka Asthana 2010

Their professional obligation, as they conceive it, is to sow the seeds of indignation and discontent, to nurture the green shoots of ressentiment, to give voice and expertise to oppositionality.

Archive 2009-12-01 2009

Their professional obligation, as they conceive it, is to sow the seeds of indignation and discontent, to nurture the green shoots of ressentiment, to give voice and expertise to oppositionality.

Oh, that Jewish problem 2009

Their professional obligation, as they conceive it, is to sow the seeds of indignation and discontent, to nurture the green shoots of ressentiment, to give voice and expertise to oppositionality

Oh, that Jewish problem 2009

But Equiano's oppositionality at this stage in the narrative is contingent on his continuing relationship with George.

The State of Things: Olaudah Equiano and the Volatile Politics of Heterocosmic Desire 2006

A Maryville treatment plan listed Vanessa's problems as "oppositionality, explosive behavior, [and] low frustration tolerance."

Chicago Reader 2010