Mutinous - English meaning

adjective

Involving or related to anarchy (= a situation in which there is no organization, control, or government)

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He wrote a long, anarchistic manifesto., they professed an anarchistic philosophy but lived a confo…

adjective

Showing defiance.

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A defiant gesture

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Proudly refusing to obey authority

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A defiant attitude/gesture, the protesters blocking the entrance to the offices remained defiant th…

adjective

Not willing to accept criticism or disapproval

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The ceo was in a defiant mood as she entered the boardroom.

adjective

Refusing to obey rules or someone in authority.

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Larry was stern with disobedient employees

adjective

Not doing what you are told to do

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A disobedient child

adjective

Refusing to do what someone in authority tells you to do

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A disobedient child

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Relating or inclined to dissension.

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A factious country

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Likely to argue or disagree

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The lisbon treaty was the result of long negotiations among the factious states of europe.

adjective

Defiant of authority; disobedient to orders.

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An insubordinate attitude

adjective

Refusing to obey orders from someone in authority, and not showing respect for them

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We shall take action against city employees who are insubordinate, or who are discourteous to the p…

noun

A person fighting against a government or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary.

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An attack by armed insurgents

adjective

Rising in active revolt.

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Alleged links with insurgent groups

adjective

Not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order.

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A lawless region where peace never really took hold

adjective

Not permitted by law or not obeying the law; illegal

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The territory was once speckled with ranches and lawless towns.

noun

A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or leader.

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Tory rebels

verb

Rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader.

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The earl of pembroke subsequently rebelled against henry iii

noun

A person who refuses to accept the government’s power and uses force to oppose it, or a person who opposes authority and thinks or behaves differently

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The government tried to set up talks with the rebels., though he dressed unusually, he never meant …

adjective

Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention.

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I became very rebellious and opted out

adjective

Involving or causing a complete or dramatic change.

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A revolutionary new drug

noun

A person who advocates or engages in political revolution.

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They would act like any revolutionary vanguard, as lenin or indeed the french revolutionaries had i…

noun

The violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.

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The clashes followed a night of rioting in several parts of the city

verb

Take part in a violent public disturbance.

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Students rioted in paris

noun

Noisy, violent, and uncontrolled behaviour by a group of people in a public place, often as a protest

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The government is afraid of further serious rioting today., rioting broke out when the election res…

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Marked by or involving public disorder.

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A riotous crowd

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Very loud and uncontrolled, and full of energy

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We went to a riotous party and danced all night., uk five students were arrested for riotous behavi…

adjective

Inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

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The letter was declared seditious

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Intending to persuade other people to oppose their government

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She was arrested after making a speech that the government considered to be seditious.

adjective

Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.

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Subversive literature

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A subversive person.

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They and their companions were identified as subversives

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Tending to weaken or destroy an established political system, organization, or authority

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The fbi had the duty of obtaining evidence of subversive activity., the book describes the techniqu…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a traitor; treacherous.

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When his traitorous actions were discovered, he was imprisoned

adjective

(of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate.

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Wilful acts of damage

adjective

(of something bad) done intentionally or (of a person) determined to do exactly as you want, even if you know it is wrong

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The present crisis is the result of years of wilful neglect by the council., they eat huge quantiti…