rebellion
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4.2
- noun
- /rɪˈbɛljən/
- These kids call themselves hippies and represent a new form of rebellion against the status quo -
- an act of rebellion
- youthful rebellion
- adolescent rebellion
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Watch on YouTubeSo part of her rebellion is in me.
- So part of her rebellion is in me.
- So that was his, I think, rebellion against his parents.
- But in the purest act of rebellion, you can still try.
- That, that you need rebellion, you were saying, but you also need order.
- How can they make their very existence an act of rebellion?
- And the war in Ukraine keeps going now while the seeds of discontent and rebellion have been sown.
- The quiet pursuit of a dream may actually be the single greatest act of rebellion ever known.
- And it might sound like I'm encouraging mutiny or rebellion, but actually the opposite is true.
- Finding your layers and gluing them back on is an act of defiance, of rebellion, and of salvation.
- Together they created a mutation, a monster, a culture of disobedience, rebellion and chaos.
- And a lot of that comes down to institutionalizing rebellion.
- So I wanted to talk about kind of how that, like, rebellion against that system influenced metal a bit.
- It's the healthy rebellion or it's healthy rebellion radio.
- This is Ivan's rebellion, better understood as returning the ticket in advance.
Examples
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So that was his, I think, rebellion against his parents.
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Despite this minor act of rebellion, the speech was distributed nationally by the campaign.
Academic text (2013) -
So as a sign of rebellion you got a tattoo of the most conventional thing you could think of.
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But in the purest act of rebellion, you can still try.
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...rebellion against his domineering father.
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She'd taken few chances except for a minor teenage rebellion or two.
Fiction book (1999) -
And the war in Ukraine keeps going now while the seeds of discontent and rebellion have been sown.
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It is a rebellion against our mores and our morals.
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The youth organization was seen as a sign of rebellion against traditional norms.
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His acts of rebellion included organizing protests against the school rules.
Synonyms
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5.5
Armed action by a group against an enemy or occupying force
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5.1
A group of people who rise up and use force to oppose the government
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8.4
A planned action by a group, often using weapons or secret actions, to take control from the government
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4.6
A violent attempt to remove a government or ruler
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5.3
Open refusal to obey people in charge or rules
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4.2
Refusing to obey rules or people in charge
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9.1
A planned violent attempt by a group to remove their government
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8.7
An organized group fighting against the government, often using weapons
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Compounds
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7.9
A large uprising by Indian soldiers and other people against British rule in 1857 and 1858
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Etymology
The word rebellion comes from Latin parts re- ('again') and bellum ('war') and is the noun form of rebel, a person who fights or refuses to obey, so it can also mean a clear act of refusing authority or breaking a tradition.