All 3 Uses of
compliant
in
Ender's Game
- They're ashamed of having come from noncompliant families.
Chpt 3 *noncompliant = not conforming to rulesstandard prefix: The prefix "non-" in noncompliant means not and reverses the meaning of compliant. This is the same pattern you see in words like nonfat, nonfiction, and nonprofit.
- Your father denies his Polish ancestry, since Poland is still a noncompliant nation, and under international sanction because of it.†
Chpt 3
- But you're also a badge of cowardice, because they dare not go further and practice the noncompliance they still feel is right.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(compliant as in: compliant with the law) conforming to rules (following the rules)