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
  • But after nine tumultuous years as Canada’s leader, he was forced to announce his resignation on Monday to avoid a revolt from Liberal Members of Parliament, who are facing certain defeat in an election that must be called by October.
    Stephen Maher, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
  • What would come next for the militia after this historic trial: ruin, recovery or revolt?
    Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • Tension between Meta and Trump intensified in early 2021, when the company banned Trump's accounts from its platforms in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • And the plotting didn’t take place in strange, distant areas: Among those charged with acts of brutality or acting as conspirators in the insurrection were residents of Ormond Beach, Titusville, Kissimmee and other familiar, nearby cities.
    Orlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 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
  • The rebels led a lightning insurgency that ousted Assad on Dec. 8 and ended his family’s decades-long rule.
    Baraa Anwer, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that Ukraine launched a fresh offensive in the Kursk region, where military analysts estimate Kyiv recently lost 40% of what its forces captured in a lightning insurgency five months ago.
    Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of insurgency
Noun
  • Key Background Johnson was elected speaker in October last year after a three-week vacancy following the unprecedented ouster of former Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. in a far-right mutiny.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors. 10.
    The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of mutiny
Noun
  • Context: The post-storm Arctic outbreak is tied in part to a north-south stretching of the polar vortex, which is an area of low pressure in the upper atmosphere and the air circulation around it.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
  • While official health bodies in China have not stated that there is an outbreak of HMPV there, cases of the virus have risen in recent weeks according to the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 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 creators of toxic culture are often known serial offenders who are not challenged on their misbehavior.
    Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The orienting premise, however, should be unequivocal—that, as far as Washington and its partners are concerned, Houthi misbehavior is being made possible by Tehran—and that, as a result, Tehran holds the key to getting its Yemeni proxy to stand down.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of misbehavior
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