REBELLIOUSNESS Synonyms

• defiance of authority

• an insubordinate act

• a political theory favoring the abolition of governments

• deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

• a fussy and eccentric disposition

• 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

• the failure to obey

• the trait of being unwilling to obey

• (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

• withhold assent

• express opposition through action or words

• be of different opinions

• any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

• a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

• the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

• an offensive disrespectful impudent act

• an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

• open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

• engage in a mutiny against an authority

• 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

• the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome

• resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

• 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)

• 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

• utter words of protest

• express opposition through action or words

• affirm or avow formally or solemnly

• 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

• the trait of being unmanageable

• refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England

• 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

• 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)