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rebellion
[ ri-bel-yuhn ]
noun
- open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.
- resistance to or defiance of any authority, control, or tradition.
Synonyms: disobedience, insubordination
- the act of rebelling.
rebellion
/ rɪˈbɛljən /
noun
- organized resistance or opposition to a government or other authority
- dissent from an accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
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Other Words From
- nonre·bellion noun
- prere·bellion adjective
- semi·re·bellion noun
- subre·bellion noun
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of rebellion1
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Example Sentences
The administration’s obsession with standardized tests led to a rebellion by parents, students, teachers, principals and even superintendents who spoke out against the policies.
Some of them were seeking a life free of prosecution, though many in the US viewed this repatriation as a pragmatic way to avoid slave rebellions, which is a less rosy motivation.
He fostered curiosity and instilled an underlying sense of rebellion.
In late August, an anonymous developer sporting a cartoon panda chef avatar led a crypto rebellion.
According to some scholars, the settlement stemmed from the rebellion and regrouping of people who fled the collapse of large, urban areas in the southern Levant, modern-day Israel and Palestine.
And, just like Katniss, we need rules that make solidarity a centerpiece of shared life, not a desperate act of rebellion.
It may have looked like paradise, but a rebellion was brewing around the Davises.
Since then, Kisangani has been the epicenter of nearly every rebellion in the Congo.
The Hunger Games franchise is already a deeply political saga, chronicling a growing rebellion against a tyrannical regime.
Democratic rebellion has transformed America in important ways.
For several months he remained under a political cloud, charged with incompetency to quell the Philippine Rebellion.
Primo de Rivera, who believed the rebellion to be fast on the wane, shipped back to Spain 7,000 troops.
The rebellion spread to their district, and many of the natives on and about the estate were eager to join in the movement.
For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.
The anger and rebellion had been comatose in these years of freedom, but the maturer brain was the more uneasy, at times appalled.
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What does rebellion mean?
A rebellion is an attempt to overthrow a government—an organized revolution.
It can also refer to a revolt against another form of authority. More generally, rebellion can refer to an action or behavior that resists or defies rules or norms or otherwise challenges the status quo.
The verb rebel means to engage in rebellion. As a noun, rebel can refer to a revolutionary or to a person who is defiant or disobedient. Such a defiant person can be called rebellious, and the noun rebelliousness refers to such behavior. Rebellion can also refer to this, as in I went through a phase of teenage rebellion.
Example: The rebellion is being led by a coalition of factions that all have the same goal—to topple the regime.
Where does rebellion come from?
The first records of the word rebellion come from the 1300s. It is derived from the Latin bell(um), which means “war” and is also the root of war-related words like antebellum, belligerent, and bellicose.
To rebel is to make war against something you disagree with or refuse to conform to. In its most traditional sense, rebel literally means to wage war against a government or other form of rule in order to overthrow it. When multiple people participate in this kind of act, it is called a rebellion. Rebellion is commonly used as a synonym for revolution, but the word rebellion is perhaps more commonly used when it’s in progress, whereas revolution is used to refer to a successful rebellion.
More generally, a person who challenges the established rules or the way things are is engaging in rebellion. Acts of rebellion often reject the status quo, regardless of society’s restrictions or expectations.
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- rebel (noun, verb)
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How is rebellion used in real life?
Rebellion is commonly used in reference to people attempting to overthrow a government, but it can be used in many other contexts.
#OTD 1953: East German Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. Disturbances spread accross East Germany, made up of students, workers and political groups. #coldwarhist pic.twitter.com/gEpIlZagoC
— Politics & Contemporary History at Salford (@SalfordUni_PCH) June 17, 2020
My cover story for the July edition of @RollingStone, on the current American rebellion against police violence and systemic racism—through the lens of the three women who first put the words “black lives matter” into our political lexicon seven years ago. https://t.co/4buz65ZVI7 pic.twitter.com/zjNgqOFr6M
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 16, 2020
in a system built to destroy you, your joy is an act of rebellion.
— Joél Leon. (@JoelakaMaG) June 16, 2020
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Signs of rebellion among the stockholders have been growing since the last earnings report was released.
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