in defiance of

Idioms  

1. In spite of, with outright disregard for, as in They went on strike in defiance of union policy. This term was first recorded in 1750.

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Example Sentences

US officials said the ship - named Aquila II - was operating in defiance of a US "quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean".

From BBC

In defiance of the ancient philosophers, he argued that reason was not man’s original or definitive capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal

The true renaissance is annexed to hidden places and in our collective will to excavate them: house and private parties, venues that go under the radar and book jazz avant-gardists sans fanfare, archival interest in jazz migration to and from Los Angeles, and the fact that more young people want to find ways to hear jazz music in defiance of how they’re told to access it — in backyards and nontraditional venues.

From Los Angeles Times

Iran exported more oil in 2025 than it had done in years, smuggling crude in defiance of sanctions, mainly to China.

From The Wall Street Journal

At intervals since the 2007-09 financial crisis, share prices have risen in defiance of the norms of valuation and mean-reversion on which Mr. Grantham has staked his all.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• in spite of
• regardless of