rebellion

«rebellion» in Mova's school dictionary: when a group of people fight against or refuse to obey… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a rebellion, rebellions; rebellion, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) A rebellion is when a group of people fight against or refuse to obey the people in power, such as a ruler or government. tree →

2) Rebellion is also refusing to obey rules or do what is expected, like a teenager's rebellion against parents. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons, famous rebellions include Boudicca's rebellion against the Romans, the Peasants' Revolt, the Jacobite rebellions in Scotland, the Easter Rising in Ireland and the Eureka Rebellion in Australia; pupils ask why people rebelled and what happened afterwards. In stories, a rebellion against an unfair ruler is a common plot. In everyday life, «a bit of rebellion» is breaking small rules. Phrases: «lead a rebellion», «crush a rebellion», «rise in rebellion», «act of rebellion».

examples

• Boudicca led a rebellion against the Romans. tree →
• The king's army crushed the rebellion. tree →
• The peasants' rebellion began because of unfair taxes. tree →
• Dyeing his hair green was his little act of rebellion. tree →
• In the story, the animals started a rebellion against the farmer. tree →
• Many rebellions in history ended in failure. tree →
• Some time after a rebellion broke out among the subjects of his father-in-law. tree →

note

Verb: «rebel» (re-BEL), «rebelled», «rebelling»; person: «a rebel» (REB-el); adjective: «rebellious». Spelled with double l. A rebellion is smaller or less successful than a revolution, which changes who rules.

In the corpora

• People believed Heaven gave a good ruler the right to rule, and took it away when floods, famine and rebellion came.
• Golden ages end too: the An Lushan rebellion of 755 shook the Tang so hard that it never fully recovered.
• For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim.
• For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rebellion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.