flouter

One who disobeys

A flouter is someone who openly disregards or shows contempt for rules, conventions, or authority.

The term carries a sense of deliberate defiance rather than mere ignorance—a flouter of traffic laws knows the rules and breaks them anyway.

The senator was a notorious flouter of campaign finance regulations.

defiance

rebel

Authority defier

maverick · resister · protester · transgressor · violator · contrarian · challenger · dissenter · rejecter · scorner

mockery

mocker

One who derides

sneerer · jeerer · taunter · satirist · lampooner · heckler · scorner · parodist · ironist · banterer

contempt

scorner

One showing contempt

dismisser · condescender · disparager · detractor · derider · rejecter · spurner · snubber · belittler

Opposites
compliance with rules/norms

flouterconformist

One following accepted norms

complier · adherent · observer · follower · abider

respect for authority

flouterbeliever

One who accepts something

deferrer · devotee · loyalist · submitter · yes-man

Family

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