Meaning of rebellion in English

rebellion

noun [ C or U ]

/rɪˈbel.i.ən/ uk

/rɪˈbel.i.ən/

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violent action organized by a group of people who are trying to change the political system in their country:

The government has brutally crushed the rebellion.

action against those in authority, against the rules, or against normal and accepted ways of behaving:

a backbench rebellion against the new foreign policy

her teenage rebellion

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Taking action against people in power

(Definition of rebellion from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

rebellion | Intermediate English

rebellion

noun [ C/U ]

/rəˈbel·jən/

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violent action organized by a group of people who refuse to accept their government’s power and are willing to use force to oppose it:

[ C ] The African-American Nat Turner led an 1831 rebellion.

Rebellion is also a feeling of strong disagreement with an organization or with people in authority:

[ U ] Many students were in rebellion against the older generation.

(Definition of rebellion from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of rebellion

rebellion

There's a sense of freedom and rebellion here, even within a community already considered so far left.

From Huffington Post

I know that rebellion is part of the growing-up process.

From ESPN

This is a remaining concern, not knowing quite what is behind all aspects of the rebellion.

From CBS News

On the surface, it's a song of rebellion.

From A.V. Club

Read because it is the best form of rebellion.

From ABC News

What started as an improvisational rebellion became an authoritarian empire.

From The New Yorker

Political wildfires, like all fires, start small, with scattered acts of defiance or rebellion.

From TIME

Wisdom tempers a zeal for political rebellion, and a sense of humor allows brazen self-reflection.

From NPR

He chauffeured the audience towards a brutal rebellion with reasoning and empathy.

From USA TODAY

And yet demonstrators have taken to the streets again, as they did in the '60s, a political revolution inciting a political rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times

The 1960s were an amazing time, an eventful time of protest and rebellion.

From NPR

Rage and forgiveness, rebellion and domesticity -- these were the poles he would swing between for the rest of his life.

From NOLA.com

Our product (denim) and jeans in general represent the rebellion, irreverence, effortless "cool" and the "spirit" of rock and roll.

From OCRegister

The pattern is the same in most such rebellions, with a cascade of events leading to a tipping point.

From TIME

The mass protests of 2011 were met with fire and steadily morphed into an armed rebellion.

From NPR

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Collocations with rebellion

rebellion

These are words often used in combination with rebellion.

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act of rebellion

We are dealing with an act of rebellion.

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armed rebellion

Political repression and leadership corruption alienated popular sectors and sowed the seeds of armed rebellion and subaltern terror.

From the Cambridge English Corpus

form of rebellion

By the latter, the report means those who continue with a particular form of rebellion, or who continue to react against their environment.

From the

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What is the pronunciation of rebellion?

Translations of rebellion

in Chinese (Traditional)

反叛，造反, 叛亂, 叛逆…

in Chinese (Simplified)

反叛，造反, 叛乱, 叛逆…

in Spanish

rebelión, sublevación, rebelión [feminine…

in Portuguese

rebelião, revolta [feminine]…

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बंडखोर, बंडखोरी…

反逆, 反乱, 暴動…

isyan, ayaklanma, başkaldırı…

rébellion [feminine], révolte [feminine], rébellion…

rebel·lió…

opstand, rebellie…

தங்கள் நாட்டில் அரசியல் அமைப்பை மாற்ற முயற்சிக்கும் ஒரு குழுவினரால் ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்ட வன்முறை நடவடிக்கை, அதிகாரத்தில் உள்ளவர்களுக்கு எதிராக, விதிகளுக்கு எதிராக அல்லது இயல்பான மற்றும் ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்பட்ட நடத்தை முறைகளுக்கு எதிராக நடவடிக்கை…

(राज्य के विरुद्ध एक हिंसक प्रयास) विद्रोह//राजद्रोह, (अधिकारीयों, नियमों या साधारण व्यवहार का) विरोध…

વિદ્રોહ, બળવો, બંડ…

opstand, oprør…

uppror…

melawan kerajaan, enggan mengikut peraturan…

die Rebellion…

opprør [neuter], oppreisning, opprør…

بغاوت, سرکشی…

повстання, бунт…

восстание…

తిరుగుబాటు / తమ దేశంలోని రాజకీయ వ్యవస్థను మార్చేందుకు ప్రయత్నిస్తున్న వ్యక్తుల సమూహం నిర్వహించే హింసాత్మక చర్య, అధికారంలో ఉన్నవారి మీద నిబంధనలకు వ్యతిరేకంగా లేదా సాధారణ, ఆమోదించబడిన ప్రవర్తనా విధానాలకు వ్యతిరేకంగా చర్య…

تَمَرُّد…

বিদ্রোহ, বিরুদ্ধাচরণ…

povstání, vzpoura…

pemberontakan, membangkang…

การก่อกบฏ, การไม่ยอมรับกฏหมาย…

cuộc phiến loạn, sự chống lại…