rebelliousness


Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
See: defiance
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
One in five adults in our culture reports going through rebelliousness in adolescence.
Rebellion calls for the wild child; Ros Dodd asks why the welff should find it necessary to turn to prostit ution
Its passage through Aquarius has mixed this sign's rebelliousness with this planet's escapism, and the effects of this can be seen in society.
Your stars
Arriving at the 'Fur Coat, No Knickers Cabaret' one would expect there to be a general rebelliousness in the dressing stakes - but to look like a flasher in a mac is a no-no.
Viva!: ... and what about him?
It's not just their cussed rebelliousness that unites artist and subject here.
IT'S EASY TO SALUTE `THE GENERAL' FOR SHEER MASTERY IN FILMMAKING
Higher expectations for risk-taking and rebelliousness predict higher levels of problem behaviour, even controlling for many other predictors of such behaviour," Buchanan said.
Negative stereotypes can lead to teen misbehaviour
He told the Radio Times his lack of religion was not rebelliousness, explaining: "It never really occurred to me to believe in God.
Christians' hate mail to David; NATURE
And when he hits his teens, I might take up the habit myself - all in the interests of fostering his rebelliousness, of course.
Mind Matters Funny handshakes are so naff... But there is a wider significance to this first appearance of uncool behaviour in Hydref
The odds are shortening on the Prime Minister quitting before his preferred date of 2008 after the loss of his close ally, David Blunkett, and rising rebelliousness on his backbenches.
Our man in Westminster: Backbench threat
I have my outlets for any residual rebelliousness that crops up in my daily life,'' Anderson says, tantalizingly declining to give examples.
ANDERSON TALKS ABOUT HER LIFE ON THE SCULLY SIDE
And it still is, in some cases, associated with rebelliousness.
Our love affair with jeans goes on to the tune of more than pounds 1bn this year
I suppose a hint of rebelliousness is natural in a 17-year-old.
WALES IN A WEEK ... Charlotte Church
Will, especially, is so charismatic and gifted and in every other way attractive that his harlequin rebelliousness and weakly barricaded feelings seem less like problems than a few extra, intriguing traits.
UNDENIABLE CHARMS OF `GOOD WILL HUNTING'

Legal browser ?
Full browser ?