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Answer for the clue "Noisy defiance ", 16 letters:
obstreperousness

Word definitions for obstreperousness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob- ) + strepere to make a noise.] Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. ``The obstreperous city.'' --Wordsworth. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. noisy defiance

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being obstreperous.

Usage examples of obstreperousness.

Paul Dirac, Wolfgang Pauli, Julian Schwinger, Freeman Dyson, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, and Feynman, to name a few, struggled relentlessly to find a mathematical formalism capable of dealing with this microscopic obstreperousness.