Revolution vs. Rebellion

Revolutionnoun

A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.

Revolutionnoun

The removal and replacement of a government, especially by sudden violent action.

Revolutionnoun

Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis.

Revolutionnoun

A rotation: one complete turn of an object during rotation.

Revolutionnoun

In the case of celestial bodies - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body.

Revolutionnoun

A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

Revolutionnoun

A round of periodic changes, such as between the seasons of the year.

Revolutionnoun

Consideration of an idea; the act of revolving something in the mind.

Revolutionnoun

The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center; the motion of a body round a fixed point or line; rotation; as, the revolution of a wheel, of a top, of the earth on its axis, etc.

Revolutionnoun

Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same; a rolling back; return; as, revolution in an ellipse or spiral.

Revolutionnoun

The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body; the period made by the regular recurrence of a measure of time, or by a succession of similar events.

Revolutionnoun

The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same; - designated as the annual, anomalistic, nodical, sidereal, or tropical revolution, according as the point of return or completion has a fixed relation to the year, the anomaly, the nodes, the stars, or the tropics; as, the revolution of the earth about the sun; the revolution of the moon about the earth.

Revolutionnoun

The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution); as, the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of its sides generates a cone; the revolution of a semicircle about the diameter generates a sphere.

Revolutionnoun

A total or radical change; as, a revolution in one's circumstances or way of living.

Revolutionnoun

A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution; the overthrow or renunciation of one government, and the substitution of another, by the governed.

Revolutionnoun

a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving;

Revolutionnoun

the overthrow of a government by those who are governed

Revolutionnoun

a single complete turn (axial or orbital);

Revolution

In political science, a revolution (Latin: revolutio, ) is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due to perceived oppression (political, social, economic) or political incompetence. In book V of the Politics, the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC) described two types of political revolution: Complete change from one constitution to another Modification of an existing constitution.Revolutions have occurred through human history and vary widely in terms of methods, duration and motivating ideology.

Rebellionnoun

(uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.

Rebellionnoun

(countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.

Rebellionnoun

(countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.

Rebellionnoun

The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection.

Rebellionnoun

Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.

Rebellionnoun

refusal to accept some authority or code or convention;

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organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

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an act of armed resistance to an established government or leader

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the action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention

Rebellion

Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority.A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and then manifests itself by the refusal to submit or to obey the authority responsible for this situation.