Revolt
Equivalents
Examples
“— It's a revolt? — No, Sire, it's a revolution...”
“The first recorded use⟳ of “insurrection” in English, indeed, is in parliamentary papers describing the armed revolt led by Jack Cade in 1450, who marched on London to protest⟳ against the corruption of Henry VI’s government. […] Thinking more metaphorically, his American contemporary James Russell Lowell wrote: “It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence.” Had he lived to the year 2021, he might have⟳ changed his mind⟳.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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