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REBELLIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rebelliousness mean? 

REBELLIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun REBELLIOUSNESS has 2 senses:

1. intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitudeplay

2. an insubordinate actplay

  Familiarity information: REBELLIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REBELLIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

defiance; rebelliousness

Hypernyms ("rebelliousness" is a kind of...):

intractability; intractableness (the trait of being hard to influence or control)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebelliousness"):

insubordination (defiance of authority)

obstreperousness (noisy defiance)

Derivation:

rebellious (discontented as toward authority)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An insubordinate act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

insubordination; rebelliousness

Hypernyms ("rebelliousness" is a kind of...):

resistance (group action in opposition to those in power)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebelliousness"):

contumacy (obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority)

disobedience; noncompliance (the failure to obey)

Derivation:

rebellious (participating in organized resistance to a constituted government)

rebellious (resisting control or authority)


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