mutinousness

noun

Definition of mutinousnessnext
as in mulishness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutinousness
  1. revolt
  2. insurrection
  3. obstinacy
  4. insurgency
  5. mutiny
  6. outbreak
  7. insurgence
  8. misbehavior
Noun
  • The recession generated populist revolts on the right (the Tea Party movement) and the left (the Occupy movement), and made what had appeared to be broad public acceptance of pro-market bromides seem like an illusion.
    Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Soviet Russians sent in tanks and shut down the revolt after several brutal days of bitter fighting.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • With the memory of the violent January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol still fresh, many voters fear that the peaceful transfer of power will again be under attack.
    Jenna Bednar, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Even the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to halt the certification of the 2020 vote, didn’t stop most in the party from embracing him again.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of insurrection
Noun
  • 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
  • Odenkirk was one of several perfectly cast actors in the episode, a force capable of matching Bernthal’s intensity and obstinacy.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of obstinacy
Noun
  • An insurgency in India during the 1980s and 1990s killed tens of thousands.
    Fox News, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Kate Okorie Forced out by insurgency In 2014, the same year that the abduction of nearly 300 girls from a school in Chibok in northern Nigeria grabbed international headlines, Mary Musa and her family were displaced from their community in Borno state by the Boko Haram militant group.
    Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of insurgency
Noun
  • The man has spent the entire season walking up to the edge of mutiny only to retreat.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The 50 men who continued to refuse were tried as a group and convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit mutiny.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2024
Definition of mutiny
Noun
  • Slivered onions served on the Quarter Pounders were the likely source of the outbreak, the CDC said.
    Jonel Aleccia, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
  • About 6-12 million lice outbreaks occur yearly in children ages 3-11.5 Research points to girls being more likely to get head lice than boys.
    Wendy Wisner, Health, 3 Nov. 2024
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
  • Under the Biden administration, Elon Musk felt that a lot of these regulatory agencies are staffed with people who are keeping a close eye over corporate misbehavior.
    Lavanya Ramanathan, Vox, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Not since the antics of Katherine Heigl and misbehaviors of Isaiah Washington has the behind-the-scenes drama at Grey’s Anatomy been so compelling.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of misbehavior
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