insumisión

insubordination

noun een-soo-mee-SYOHN Rare

Also means

refusal of military service

Usage Note

Insumisión acquired a specific political meaning in Spain during the 1980s–90s: the organised refusal (insumisión) to perform both compulsory military service and the civilian alternative service, as a form of civil disobedience. Insumiso/a is the person who refused. Since conscription ended in 2001 the term is now mainly historical or used in broader contexts of wilful non-compliance.

Examples

"La insumisión era castigada con penas de cárcel."

Natural Translation

Refusal of military service was punished with prison sentences.

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