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What does rebellion mean?

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Noun
  1. (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
  2. (countable) Defiance of authority or control; the act of rebelling.
  3. (countable) An organized, forceful subversion of the law of the land in an attempt to replace it with another form of government.
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Contemporary art, just like a lot of Joycean literature, became a rebellion, because they are saying we define art by that which is not art.
They were breaking with the status quo, upsetting the apple cart, taking part in a 60s style rebellion against the establishment.
But, just as Edward Longshanks failed to quell the rebellion that led to Scottish independence, William Wallace's legacy lives on.
Nat Turner's rebellion radicalized opponents of slavery and provided a preview of the impending sectional crisis.
For the artistic bad boys of the 20th century, acquiring a reputation as a pornographer was a rebellion too far.
But after the rebellion has been put down, the emperor dies, leaving a son and heir who is just nine years old.

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