Yes that is the word I was looking for at the time but chose as I did because of spelling and also people who won't vaccinate do seem to flaunt the commonsense rules and are aware that they are.
flaunty
ˈflȯn--tē
ˈflän-
adjective
Flaunt vs. Flout: Usage Guide
Although the "treat contemptuously" sense of flaunt undoubtedly arose from confusion with flout, the contexts in which it appears cannot be called substandard.
meting out punishment to the occasional mavericks who operate rigged games, tolerate rowdyism, or otherwise flaunt the law —
Oscar Lewis
observed with horror the flaunting of their authority in the suburbs, where men … put up buildings that had no place at all in a Christian commonwealth —
Marchette Chute
in our profession … very rarely do we publicly chastise a colleague who has flaunted our most basic principles —
R. T. Blackburn, AAUP Bull.
If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of "flaunt, parade" is found occasionally.
"The proper pronunciation," the blonde said, flouting her refined upbringing, "is pree feeks" —
Mike Royko
I am going out soon for the day so won't be able to reply until night.
flaunty
ˈflȯn--tē
ˈflän-
adjective
Flaunt vs. Flout: Usage Guide
Although the "treat contemptuously" sense of flaunt undoubtedly arose from confusion with flout, the contexts in which it appears cannot be called substandard.
meting out punishment to the occasional mavericks who operate rigged games, tolerate rowdyism, or otherwise flaunt the law —
Oscar Lewis
observed with horror the flaunting of their authority in the suburbs, where men … put up buildings that had no place at all in a Christian commonwealth —
Marchette Chute
in our profession … very rarely do we publicly chastise a colleague who has flaunted our most basic principles —
R. T. Blackburn, AAUP Bull.
If you use it, however, you should be aware that many people will consider it a mistake. Use of flout in the sense of "flaunt, parade" is found occasionally.
"The proper pronunciation," the blonde said, flouting her refined upbringing, "is pree feeks" —
Mike Royko
I am going out soon for the day so won't be able to reply until night.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche