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• n  intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
• n  an insubordinate act

• He also had a cheeky rebelliousness toward authority, which led one headmaster to expel him and another to amuse history by saying that he would never amount to much.
• It is laced with descriptions of sexual activity and full of almost self-consciously repeated Freudian cliches about rebelliousness against parents along with a yearning to be .
• It was, of course, this rebelliousness that made Brando a hero to kids growing up in the '50s and made him a star.

• defiance
• insubordination

News & Articles

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• Miley Cyrus Tweets X-Rated Porno Pumpkins to Thousands of Teen Followers
  Miley Cyrus is simply unstoppable these days… and Halloween is the perfect holiday to show off her rebelliousness.
  Oct. 31, 2013 - Extra TV

Quotes

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• Jim Jones JR in SI.com
  That was our rebelliousness. We still wanted to be connected to the real world. We were Rob's age,Jones Jr. said.
• Jimmy Carter in Hindu
  The show fits the MTV brand because it really feels like it belongs on our network, because you can't imagine it anywhere else. It has a rebelliousness in terms of attitude, it feels fresh, it feels inventive, and it's really about a group of... Tony DiSanto http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_DiSanto&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH5WNqIQ4aQ7aAv4UCFfLPFQw_cRw New York Daily News http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/01/09/2009-01-09_mtv_show_has_hows_your_newsworthy_premis.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH8jCBR76QRBvS9AzUQQDIQ4hn3fw Jan 9, 2009 80916 108849 rebelliousness Elvis Presley's death deprives our country of a part of itself," said US president Jimmy Carter. "He was unique and irreplaceable...... His following was immense, and he was a symbol to people the world over of the vitality, rebelliousness...