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In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limits that it discovers in itself - limits where minds meet, and in meeting, begin to exist.
Albert Camus

Meaning of "rebellion" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REBELLION

Via Old French from Latin rebelliō revolt (of those conquered).
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PRONUNCIATION OF REBELLION

rebellion  [rɪˈbɛljən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REBELLION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rebellion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REBELLION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or taking over the position of an established authority such as a government, governor, president, political leader, financial institution, or person in charge. On the one hand the forms of behaviour can include non-violent methods such as the phenomena of civil disobedience, civil resistance and nonviolent resistance. On the other hand it may encompass violent campaigns. Those who participate in rebellions, especially if they are armed rebellions, are known as "rebels". Throughout history, many different groups that opposed their governments have been called rebels. Over 450 peasant revolts erupted in southwestern France between 1590 and 1715. In the United States, the term was used for the Continentals by the British in the Revolutionary War, and for the Confederacy by the Union in the American Civil War. Most armed rebellions have not been against authority in general, but rather have sought to establish a new government in their place.

Definition of rebellion in the English dictionary

The definition of rebellion in the dictionary is organized resistance or opposition to a government or other authority. Other definition of rebellion is dissent from an accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REBELLION


alien
ˈeɪljən
battalion
bəˈtæljən
billion
ˈbɪljən
Brazilian
brəˈzɪljən
bullion
ˈbʊljən
civilian
sɪˈvɪljən
hellion
ˈhɛljən
Italian
ɪˈtæljən
Julian
ˈdʒuːljən
medallion
mɪˈdæljən
million
ˈmɪljən
multimillion
ˈmʌltɪˈmɪljən
pavilion
pəˈvɪljən
stallion
ˈstæljən
tabellion
təˈbɛljən
Trevelyan
trɪˈvɛljən
trillion
ˈtrɪljən
vermilion
vəˈmɪljən
vermillion
vəˈmɪljən
zillion
ˈzɪljən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REBELLION

rebbetzin
rebec
Rebecca
rebeck
Rebekah
rebel
rebeldom
rebelled
rebeller
rebelling
rebellious
rebelliously
rebelliousness
rebellow
rebill
rebind
rebirth
rebirthing
rebite
reblend

WORDS THAT END LIKE REBELLION

Champollion
cotillion
gazillion
gillion
gone a million
Great Rebellion
hallion
jillion
lion
mullion
multibillion
parts per million
pillion
postillion
quintillion
rapscallion
rullion
scallion
the Great Rebellion
the Jacobite Rebellion
tourbillion

Synonyms and antonyms of rebellion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REBELLION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rebellion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rebellion

Translation of «rebellion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REBELLION

Find out the translation of rebellion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rebellion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rebellion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反抗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rebelión
570 millions of speakers

English

rebellion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विद्रोह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التمرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

восстание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rebelião
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দ্রোহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rébellion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemberontakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rebellion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反乱
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

저항
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pemberontakan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nổi loạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிளர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isyan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ribellione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bunt
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повстання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rebeliune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξέγερση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rebellie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppror
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opprør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rebellion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REBELLION»

The term «rebellion» is very widely used and occupies the 17.433 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REBELLION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rebellion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rebellion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rebellion

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10 QUOTES WITH «REBELLION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rebellion.
1
Archibald Alexander
But however long you may have continued in rebellion, and how ever black and long the catalog of your sins, yet if you will now turn to God by a sincere repentance, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you shall not be cast out.
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Susan B. Anthony
An oligarchy of race, where the Saxon rules the African, might be endured; but this oligarchy of sex which makes father, brothers, husband, sons, the oligarchs over the mother and sisters, the wife and daughters of every household... carries discord and rebellion into every home of the nation.
3
Michael Azerrad
Bon Jovi's trick is to use heavy-metal chords and still sound absolutely safe. Rock & roll used to be rebellion disguised as commercialism; now so much of it is commercialism disguised as rebellion.
4
Lester Bangs
That's one reason why it's pretty worthless, I can't totally buy it, if you think about it, it's things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place.
5
Jello Biafra
I do fear for the generations of people who came of age thinking that pop-punk is what punk is, and that all the rebellion you need is just to stick your tongue out in the mirror every once in a while.
6
James Branch Cabell
Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
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Albert Camus
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
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Albert Camus
In order to exist, man must rebel, but rebellion must respect the limits that it discovers in itself - limits where minds meet, and in meeting, begin to exist.
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Albert Camus
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
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Jennifer Capriati
Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurting others, but it was a path of quiet rebellion, of a little experimentation of a darker side of my confusion in a confusing world, lost in the midst of finding my identity.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REBELLION»

Discover the use of rebellion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rebellion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rebellion
Rebellion is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
W. J. Scanlan, 1989
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Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence
This book presents a theory that accounts for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war, explaining why patterns of insurgent violence vary so much across conflicts.
Jeremy M. Weinstein, 2006
3
Writing and Rebellion: England in 1381
In this compelling account of the "peasants' revolt" of 1381, in which rebels burned hundreds of official archives and attacked other symbols of authority, Steven Justice demonstrates that the rebellion was not an uncontrolled, inarticulate ...
Steven Justice, 1994
4
Seeds of Rebellion
The thrills continue in the second action-packed adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling Beyonders trilogy.
Brandon Mull, 2012
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Shays's Rebellion: The American Revolution's Final Battle
Leonard L. Richards provides a clear picture of Shays's Rebellion, capturing the spirit of the insurgency, the reasons for the revolt, and its long-term impact on the participants, the state of Massachusetts, and the nation as a whole.
Leonard Richards, 2003
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, ...
With the Precedent Passages and Actions, that Contributed Thereunto, and the Happy End, and Conclusion Thereof by the King's Blessed Restoration, and Return Upon the 29th of May, in the Year 1660 Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon.
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon, 1707
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Riel and the Rebellion: 1885 Reconsidered
This book sparked national controversy when it was first published in 1983.
Thomas Flanagan, 2000
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The Chiapas Rebellion: The Struggle for Land and Democracy
"Harvey's study offers specific and broad perspectives on the ancient struggle for land and democracy on the fringe of Mexico's political struggles. This valuable book deserves to be widely read.
Neil Harvey, 1998
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The State Boys Rebellion
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells the amazing story of how a group of imprisoned boys won their freedom, found justice, and survived one of the darkest and least-known episodes of American history.
Michael D'Antonio, 2007
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The Other Rebellion: Popular Violence, Ideology, and the ...
"This is a work of prodigious scholarship. . . . The tome is deeply learned with many references to anthropology, psychiatry, psychology, and sociology. . . . The book is judiciously written, superbly argued, and relentless. . .
Eric Van Young, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REBELLION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rebellion is used in the context of the following news items.
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$3B ADB lending boost to help end Philippines Muslim rebellion
The Muslim rebellion, which began in the early 1970s, has plunged the region into widespread poverty with poor infrastructure like rutted roads, rudimentary ... «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
2
Rebellion announces Battlezone reboot
The updated version, announced today by Sniper Elite studio Rebellion, has come a long way from those early days, but looks to be very much the same sort of ... «PC Gamer, Jun 15»
3
Is It An 'Uprising' Or A 'Riot'? Depends On Who's Watching
Two years ago, University of Southern California sociologist Karen Sternheimer wrote "Civil Unrest, Riots and Rebellions: What's the Difference?" for the ... «NPR, Apr 15»
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Notre Dame produces TV series about 1916 Irish Rebellion
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A documentary television series about the 1916 Irish Rebellion produced by the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Irish Studies ... «WNDU-TV, Apr 15»
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Pennsylvania Rebellion Selects Eight in 2015 NPF Draft
The Pennsylvania Rebellion of the National Pro Fastpitch League selected eight outstanding collegiate athletes, including their number one pick pitcher Miranda ... «WTRF, Apr 15»
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DOJ warns NTC of rebellion conspiracy
MANILA - Justice Secretary Leila de Lima called the National Transformation Council (NTC) a loose grouping of disgruntled Arroyo allies, whose acts already ... «ABS CBN News, Feb 15»
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Zombie Army Trilogy announced by Rebellion [Updated]
REBELLION EMPLOYEE #1: How do we take Sniper Elite and turn it into a pulpy four-player action shooter? REBELLION EMPLOYEE #2: Zombies? «PC Gamer, Jan 15»
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David Cameron rebellion over European Arrest Warrant days before …
David Cameron is facing a back-bench rebellion after announcing that he will hold a vote on Britain's membership of the European Arrest Warrant just days ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
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'Rebellion' Charts A Tumultuous, Formative Century
The 17th century was one of the most radical periods in all of English history. It was an era of enormous change, upheaval and debate, and extreme violence, ... «NPR, Oct 14»
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ABC to Air 'Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion' with Darth Vader …
The animated film, which sets up the characters and settings of the “Star Wars Rebels” series, will air on the network Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. An added scene will ... «Variety, Oct 14»

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