mutinousness

noun

Definition of mutinousnessnext
as in mulishness

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  1. revolt
  2. insurrection
  3. obstinacy
  4. insurgency
  5. mutiny
  6. outbreak
  7. insurgence
  8. misbehavior
Noun
  • The date of the revolt, September 23rd, has become an important date for sympathizers of the pro-independence movement.
    — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The revolt has raised questions about what lies ahead for the country and region.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • His clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.
    — David Cason, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
  • McKinley took a similar approach in dealing with Spain during its brutal effort to suppress an insurrection in Cuba against Spanish imperial rule.
    — Robert W. Merry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of insurrection
Noun
  • Yet, over time, Bashar Assad inherited his father’s obstinacy and brutality and increasingly relied on the security apparatus to maintain control, stifling dissent and curbing opposition.
    — Sefa Secen / Made by History, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
  • That is the popular girl’s cross to bear, and the desperate obstinacy that comes with this realization is one of Cody’s main themes.
    — Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024
Definition of obstinacy
Noun
  • An evolving insurgency Tuesday’s kidnapping is an audacious moment for a separatist insurgency who seeks greater political autonomy and economic development in the strategically important and mineral-rich mountainous region.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Pakistan and Afghanistan have accused each other of supporting antigovernment insurgencies in each other’s countries.
    — Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of insurgency
Noun
  • This isn’t a flippant analogy; during the Indian mutiny of 1857, British soldiers looted the Taj Mahal, removing rare gems and lapis lazuli.
    — Ralph Leonard, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
Definition of mutiny
Noun
  • The decline in the wholesale price is due to the absence of major bird flu outbreaks so far in March, which has allowed the egg supply to recover.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Right now, Kansas has 68 active TB cases, one of the largest US outbreaks in recent history.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of outbreak
Noun
  • Liverpool has bolstering online promotions and providing easier credit through its store card as well as launching omnichannel strategies to counter the insurgence of Chinese retail giant Shein.
    — David Moin, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The Nigerian superstar further broadens his trademark fusion of amapiano and Afrobeats, establishing a new outpost in the styles’ insurgence into rap and pop.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Aug. 2024
Definition of insurgence
Noun
  • The bedrock of Canada’s collective tranquility is the knowledge that misbehavior will not be tolerated, and, as in hockey, violations of the code of conduct will be met with hair-trigger aggression.
    — Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Unlike Proctor, who continues to be pampered and coddled by the brass for his atrocious misbehavior, Cournoyer was run out of the State Police.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of misbehavior
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