Synonyms for in spite of
in spite of

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1. in spite ofprep

   Notwithstanding simply states that circumstances shall not be or have not been allowed to withstand; despite and in spite of refer primarily to personal and perhaps spiteful opposition; as, he failed notwithstanding his good intentions; or, he persevered in spite of the most bitter hostility. When despite and in spite of are applied to inanimate things, it is with something of personification; "in spite of the storm" is said as if the storm had a hostile purpose to oppose the undertaking.

   Synonyms:
   despite, notwithstanding, notwithstanding

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1. in spite of

   Synonyms:
   notwithstanding, despite, nevertheless

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1. Adam Smith:

   The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition... is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration.

2. Tom Frieden:

   In spite of having worse risk factors they tend to live longer than those with lower risk factors and higher socioeconomic standards.

3. Alex Trebek:

   You know, in spite of what America and the rest of the world is experiencing right now, there are many reasons to be thankful.

4. Jan Smuts:

   Nazism ... destroys the very soul of our civilization ... I have not taken the same grave view of Bolshevism, for it never was clear to me that Bolshevism, in spite of its brutalities and cruelties, really threatened the essentials of our ethical civilization. And after all it was a revolution of a semi-barbarous people against a rotten government and an effete church. Nazi-ism in highly cultured Germany is a very different affair.

5. Alexis de Tocqueville:

   The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.