youth rebellion
Generational pushback emerges
Youth rebellion is resistance by young people against the authority, values, or conventions of older generations.
It can be individual—a teenager defying parents—or collective, as in countercultural movements: The 1960s saw widespread youth rebellion against conformity and the Vietnam War.
The term often carries dismissive overtones, implying the behavior is a predictable phase rather than principled dissent.
- zinesAmateur self-published booklets
- punk rockStripped-down aggressive rock genre
- garage bandsAmateur rock ensembles
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- generation gapAge-based cultural disconnect
civil disobedience · grassroots organizing · dropping out · running away · student protests · self-expression · sit-ins · gender nonconformity · graffiti art · street art · defiance · spoken word poetry · DIY ethos · anti-war movements · indie films · climate strikes · fight the power · anti-establishment
- adolescencepuberty, teenager, coming-of-age, growing up, teen
- Sixties Activismanti-war movement, anti-war protests, campus protests, counterculture, draft resistance
- youthchild, adolescents, kid, coming-of-age, teenagers
- generationsbaby boomers, millennials, Gen Z, Gen X, baby boomer
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, pariah, misfit
- rebellionrevolt, rebel, mutiny, insurgency, insurrection
youth rebellionconformity
Adherence to norms
obedience · compliance · submission · deference · docility
youth rebelliontraditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
tradition · conservatism · respect for elders · filial piety · elder respect
youth rebellionsocial conformity
Adopting group norms
social order · stability · passivity · quiescence · civic order