mutinousness
Spirit of revolt
Mutinousness is the quality of being inclined toward mutiny—a disposition to rebel against authority, especially in military or naval contexts.
The word suggests not just a single act of defiance but an ongoing attitude of insubordination: There was a mutinousness among the crew that the captain could no longer ignore.
It can describe any persistent rebelliousness against those in charge.
Open resistance to authority
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
sedition · uprising · resistance · dissent · noncompliance · unruliness · disaffection · insurgency
Refusal to yield
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- contrarinessHabitual disposition to oppose
- intractabilityResistance to management
perversity · uncooperativeness · pigheadedness · balkiness · waywardness · mulishness · refractory · unmanageability
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
insurrection · sedition · uprising · resistance · dissent · noncompliance · unruliness · disaffection · insurgency · subversion
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- obstinacyUnyielding adherence to position
- willfulnessIntentional resistance to direction
- contrarinessHabitual disposition to oppose
intractability · perversity · uncooperativeness · pigheadedness · balkiness · waywardness · mulishness · refractory · unmanageability · incorrigibility
mutinousnessobedience
Compliance with authority
compliance · submission · submissiveness · docility · subordination
mutinousnessloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · allegiance · fidelity · devotion · fealty
mutinousnesscooperativeness
Inclination to work jointly
agreeableness · peaceableness · amiability · harmoniousness · team spirit
remote, emotion, motion, promote, motive, commute, mutiny, mutinous, mutineer