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rɪˈbɛl yənre·bel·lion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.6 / 5 votes

  1. rebellion

    The essential idea of revolution is a change in the form of government or constitution, or a change of rulers, otherwise than as provided by the laws of succession, election, etc.; while such change is apt to involve armed hostilities, these make no necessary part of the revolution. The revolution by which Dom Pedro was dethroned, and Brazil changed from an empire to a republic, was accomplished without a battle, and almost without a shot. Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes. Lawlessness is a temper of mind or condition of the community which may result in anarchy. Confusion, disorder, riot, and tumult are incidental and temporary outbreaks of lawlessness, but may not be anarchy. Insubordination is individual disobedience. Sedition is the plotting, rebellion the fighting, against the existing government, but always with the purpose of establishing some other government in its place. When rebellion is successful it is called revolution; but there may be revolution without rebellion; as, the English Revolution of 1688. A revolt is an uprising against existing authority without the comprehensive views of change in the form or administration of government that are involved in revolution. Anarchy, when more than temporary disorder, is a proposed disintegration of society, in which it is imagined that social order might exist without government. Slaves make insurrection; soldiers or sailors break out in mutiny; subject provinces rise in revolt. Compare SOCIALISM.

    Synonyms:
    anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, insurrection, lawlessness, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, sedition, tumult

    Antonyms:
    authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. rebellionnoun

    refusal to accept some authority or code or convention

    "each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body was in rebellion against fatigue"

    Synonyms:
    revolt, uprising, rising, insurrection

  2. rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprisingnoun

    organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

    Synonyms:
    rising, insurrection, ascension, rise, ascent, uprising, revolt

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. rebellionnoun

    Synonyms:
    insurrection, sedition, revolt

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. rebellionnoun

    Synonyms:
    insurrection, insurgency, mutiny, sedition, revolt, insubordination

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How to use rebellion in a sentence?

  1. Christiaan van der Spuy:

    Adolescence is a time of uncertainty, stuffed with expectations and glazed with rebellion

  2. Luis Parra:

    We announced this morning before entering the legislative palace that the rebellion by the deputies ... would be clearly expressed.

  3. Thomas Paine:

    Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.

  4. Braddock Mayor John Fetterman:

    I don't own a suit or a tie and that's not a statement of rebellion or anything like that, it's out of deference to my community, it's out of deference to what's across the street, in terms of the mill.

  5. Bob Iger:

    We're pushing the limits of imagination and innovation, we'll actually blur the lines for our guests between fantasy and reality and put them right in the middle of the rebellion and give them an active role in a fight against the First Order.


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