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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 attitude
2. an insubordinate act

Familiarity information: REBELLIOUSNESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• REBELLIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

Sense 2

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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)

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