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UK
/ɹɪbˈɛlɪəsnəs/
]
[ US /ɹəˈbɛɫiəsnəs/ ]
[ US /ɹəˈbɛɫiəsnəs/ ]
NOUN
- an insubordinate act
- intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
How To Use rebelliousness In A Sentence
- The one indispensable preliminary was the change in man from rebelliousness to childlike trust and willingness to obey.
- Its fugitive Dalai Lama and his "government-in-exile" have found refuge in India since 1959—and China blames him, and by extension his hosts, for the continued rebelliousness in his homeland.
- Presley shocked polite society in the early 50s but came to symbolise the rebelliousness of rock and roll.
- The works also reveal the cultural influences of the artist, who spent his youth listening to punk music that celebrates rebelliousness, an aspect that also appears frequently in his characters.
- Far below the layers of undirected but intense anger and randomized rebelliousness, Pennywillow did have a spark of romance in her soul.
- I thought he was very truthful and very funny, and I was drawn to his rebelliousness, the irreverence.
- The first stage of rebelliousness is to have a “letter of rebellion” (iggeret mered) issued by the court. Legal-Religious Status of the Moredet (Rebellious Wife).
- An anal expulsive personality is broadly defined as exhibiting cruelty, emotional outbursts, disorganization, self-confidence, liberal-mindedness, sometimes artistic ability, generosity, rebelliousness and general carelessness. About my proposed Titus recording.
- The rebelliousness of teenagers in the 1950s and 60s happened against a formidable structure of convinced, if largely unexamined, certainties.
- Elizabeth had fallen in love with me because my cynical classroom performance appealed to her collegiate rebelliousness. DOUBTING THOMAS