questioning authority
Doubting those above
Questioning authority is the practice of challenging or scrutinizing the decisions, rules, or legitimacy of those in power rather than accepting them at face value.
The phrase often carries positive connotations of independent thinking and healthy skepticism: She was raised to question authority.
It became a countercultural slogan in the 1960s, suggesting that blind obedience enables corruption and injustice.
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- speaking upVoicing your thoughts
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
challenge · disobedience · skepticism · bucking the system · revolt · resistance · rocking the boat · subversion · iconoclast · heretic · whistleblower · punk · anarchist · insubordination · civil disobedience · counterculture · provocateur · radical
- Luciferianismlight bearer, morning star, Satan, fallen angel, serpent
questioning authorityblind obedience
Compliance without critical thought
compliance · obedience · submission · deference · subservience
questioning authorityblind faith
Trust without requiring proof
conformity · groupthink · credulity · orthodoxy · dogmatism
questioning authoritysubmissiveness
Disposition to obey others
subservience · servility · meekness · sycophancy · toadyism
question, questioning, questioner, questioners, questions, questioned, questionable, unquestionable, questionably