rebelliousness

rebellious | American Dictionary

rebellious
adjective
us/rəˈbel·jəs/
having strong feelings of disagreement with people in authority, an organization, or a government, esp. showing such feelings through force:
A peace agreement was signed yesterday between the republic and its rebellious region.
He was a rebellious young man.

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At the last minute, however, the prospect of being expelled from the party forced them to abort their rebellious plan.
Put in the contemporary context, this change also mirrored the overall rebellious zeitgeist of civil society, which was beginning to witness protests over many issues.
Working, he said, makes one industrious, and fatigue combats lascivious and rebellious thought.
Also, what is the typical profile of the music student who is sensitive to criticism: shy, withdrawn and quiet or confrontational and rebellious?
He explains how he 'pulled himself together and did well at school' instead of 'feeling rebellious'.
The rebellious street binds together political dissidents, marginals, the unemployed, and disillusioned youth.
He would recite scenes from succeeding drafts to fellow-pupils who found their own rebellious feelings echoed in the script's high passions and exuberant language.
The apparently haphazard results upset the authorities because the buildings were seen as political statements of the rebellious student population of the time.
The government retaliated by escalating the scale and intensity of violence against rural areas and rebellious military units.
The mass-internment of entire communities (and not just of rebels) was not only meant to prevent the outbreak of further rebellious activities.
Rebellious servant's good luck about love brought back.
In addition, these teens do not engage in these rebellious behaviors to any significant extent.
Even so, several interviewees were rebellious teenagers who pursued music in reaction to discouragement.
The behaviour of the kabuki-mono grew rebellious the more tightly the bakufu attempted to control them.
In fact, risk-free rebellious posturing may forestall implementation of effective political challenges.
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