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Sep 27, 2019
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PRONUNCIATION:
(KON-too/tyoo-muh-see) 
MEANING:
noun: Stubborn rebelliousness or insubordination.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin contumacia, from contumax (insolent). Earliest documented use: 1386.
USAGE:
“But knowing that a failure to comply might very well be regarded as contumacy, I reluctantly surrendered the names.”
Catherine Jinks; The Inquisitor; St. Martin’s Minotaur; 2002.
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Catherine Jinks; The Inquisitor; St. Martin’s Minotaur; 2002.
See more usage examples of contumacy in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.
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