Noun
The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCuriosity is insubordination in its purest form. Vladimir Nabokov
Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life. Azar Nafisi
Hughes, who had entered the space program from astrophysics, came with a very good record, in fact a brilliant one. This troubled many of his military superiors, to whom high intelligence was a code word for instability and insubordination. Ursula K. Le Guin
Jellicoe had all the Nelsonic attributes except one - he is totally wanting in the great gift of Insubordination. John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
Boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination. Confucius
"Advocacy for people of color, especially Black people, will look like insubordination to many people. Source: Internet