Sentence examples similar to defying attitude from inspiring English sources

The Maori name for the country is Aotearoa, so how about defying the colonialist attitude that resulted in the place being called anything else in the first place and switching back to that?

But when it promotes questioning and defies established attitudes, it is viewed by the moralist as insidious and subversive.

Both defied ingrained attitudes that women aren't capable of keeping up with the job's grueling pace.

As for the death-defying attitude — "a merry Life and a short one" was Bartholomew Roberts's motto — pirates cultivated it to convince people that they had what economists call a high discount rate.

In a different setting, her cavalier attitude towards defying government protocol could prove damning.

But that attitude defies the conventional wisdom of the country's elites, to say nothing of economists and investors the world over.

"A shining example of defying the odds with perseverance and a positive attitude," added  Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

The WWF's Attitude Era in the late 90s was all about defying authority and playing by your own rules.

Their commercial success brought increased media exposure, to which the Beatles responded with an irreverent and comical attitude that defied the expectations of pop musicians at the time, inspiring even more interest.

By defying convention.

Iran keeps defying the West.