mutinousness

noun

Definition of mutinousnessnext
as in mulishness

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  1. revolt
  2. perversity
  3. insurrection
  4. stubbornness
  5. obstinacy
  6. insurgency
  7. mutiny
  8. outbreak
Noun
  • The 2022 Freedom Convoy began over vaccine requirements for cross-border truckers but grew into a broader revolt against pandemic restrictions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement The Yellow Vest revolt of 2018 to 2019 was an earlier social explosion of precisely that resentment.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • Its practice of permitting construction projects at the same time in adjoining areas, causing the most inconvenience to vehicular traffic, wins the award for most perversity.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The movie is essentially an old-fashioned story of one lad’s sentimental education, spiced up with NSFW perversity.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026
Definition of perversity
Noun
  • The insurrection drew immediate and obvious parallels to the United States, which, during much of the past decade, has lurched alongside Brazil through a strange hall of mirrors.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond calling and readying Americans for a fight against the insurrection, Lincoln also outlined the meaning and memory of the conflict about to commence.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurrection
Noun
  • The reason behind this stubbornness is the carbon-fluorine bond.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s cast is mostly made up of tribal non-actors, but Anghlong Konyak is its captivating center, as a man whose stubbornness against change sits alongside a lingering grief over his fading way of life.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of stubbornness
Noun
  • Starmer’s realism—or obstinacy, depending on your point of view—had seen off an immediate challenge.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • The natural obstinacy and rebelliousness of Israa’s teenage years are hyperaccelerated by culture clashes with both her family and the other kids around her.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
Definition of obstinacy
Noun
  • Niger has for many years battled a jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Last week, Ethiopia’s Army chief accused Egypt, Eritrea, and the Sudanese Armed Forces of fomenting the new insurgency.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurgency
Noun
  • Its leader, Sergei Mironov, 73, once gained headlines by posing with a symbol of brutality — a sledgehammer given to him by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner mercenary leader shortly before his failed 2023 mutiny.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Step aboard the Grampus, a whaleship gone adrift after a storm, rations running out and a violent mutiny, and learn what happened to its ghost whalers.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutiny
Noun
  • Emergency program missed millions Still, when the measles outbreak erupted, Bangladesh responded swiftly and initially seemed to be winning the battle.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Before the current outbreak—which continues to rage across the state—congenital measles cases hadn’t been seen in decades, the department noted in its advisory.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of outbreak
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