REBELLIOUSNESS Synonyms
There are 20 hypernyms of the word rebelliousness. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for REBELLIOUSNESS
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defiance | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude • a hostile challenge • a defiant act | ||||||||
insubordination | nounn | |||||||
noun • defiance of authority • an insubordinate act | ||||||||
anarchism | nounn | |||||||
noun • a political theory favoring the abolition of governments | ||||||||
contrariness | nounn | |||||||
noun • deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline • a fussy and eccentric disposition | ||||||||
contumacy | nounn | |||||||
noun • willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court • obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority | ||||||||
disobedience | nounn | |||||||
noun • the failure to obey • the trait of being unwilling to obey | ||||||||
dissent | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority • a difference of opinion • the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent verb • withhold assent • express opposition through action or words • be of different opinions | ||||||||
heresy | nounn | |||||||
noun • any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position • a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion | ||||||||
insolence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties • an offensive disrespectful impudent act | ||||||||
insurgence | nounn | |||||||
noun • an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict | ||||||||
mutiny | nounn | |||||||
noun • open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) verb • engage in a mutiny against an authority | ||||||||
nonconformity | nounn | |||||||
noun • lack of harmony or correspondence • a lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs • unorthodoxy as a consequence of not conforming to expected standards or values • failure to conform to accepted standards of behavior | ||||||||
obstinacy | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome • resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires | ||||||||
opposition | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • the major political party opposed to the party in office and prepared to replace it if elected • the relation between opposed entities • the act of hostile groups opposing each other • a contestant that you are matched against • a body of people united in opposing something • a direction opposite to another • an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) | ||||||||
protest | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a formal and solemn declaration of objection • the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent • the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval verb • utter words of protest • express opposition through action or words • affirm or avow formally or solemnly | ||||||||
rebellion | nounn | |||||||
noun • refusal to accept some authority or code or convention • organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another | ||||||||
recalcitrance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trait of being unmanageable | ||||||||
recusancy | nounn | |||||||
noun • refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England | ||||||||
resistance | nounn | |||||||
noun • the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease • the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current • group action in opposition to those in power | ||||||||
revolution | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving • the overthrow of a government by those who are governed • a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | ||||||||