anticonventional spirit; spirit of resisting convention
A somewhat literary or intellectual term for a mindset that actively rejects social norms and conventions.
His works convey a strong anticonventional spirit.
Challenge established values with a spirit of resisting convention.
反骨精神 emphasizes a rebellious, defiant spirit against authority, while 反俗精神 focuses more on rejecting societal conventions and norms.
Compound of 反 (anti-), 俗 (vulgar, worldly, conventional), and 精神 (spirit, mind). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term likely emerged in modern Japanese intellectual discourse.