4
subversive(adjective, riotous, disobedient, rebellious)
3
contumacious(adjective, obstinate, headstrong)
3
defiant(adjective, contrary, naughty, unruly, defiant)
3
disaffected
3
divergent(adjective, different, conflicting, differing, deviating)
3
incompatible(adjective, antagonistic, discordant, contradictory, unsuited)
3
opposing(adjective, different, conflicting, differing, deviating)
3
partisan
3
revolutionary(adjective, unruly, riotous, disobedient, rebellious)
3
traitorous(adjective, disobedient)
2
anarchistic(adjective, unruly, riotous, disobedient, rebellious)
2
at loggerheads
2
at odds
2
belligerent(adjective, contrary, argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome)
2
combative(contrary, belligerent, argumentative, contentious, quarrelsome)
2
confrontational(adjective, contrary, argumentative, defiant)
2
contrary(noun, adjective, bold, different, inappropriate)
2
disobedient(adjective, contrary, naughty, unruly, riotous)
2
dissenting(adjective, discordant, unsuited, defiant, mismatched)
2
eristic(contrary, argumentative)
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