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Unruliness

Unruliness \Un*rul"i*ness\, n. Quality or state unruly.

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unruliness

n. The state of being unruly.

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unruliness

n. the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline [syn: fractiousness, willfulness, wilfulness]

Usage examples of "unruliness".

It is there that the People, endlessly apostrophized by the politicians, make their appearance as audience, pupils and ideal citizens: patriotic in their muscularity but never threatening in their unruliness.

One observer noted that customs collectors “dare not exercise their office for fear of the fury and unruliness of the people” and that Virginians as well as New Englanders were “haughty and jealous of their liberties, impatient of restraint, and can scarcely bear the thought of being controlled by any superior power.