† rebelismn.
Obsolete. Chiefly U.S.
Support for a rebel movement, esp. that of the Confederates during the American Civil War (1861–5).
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1844 E. Playter Diary 5 June in F. R. Berchem Yonge Street Story (1977) 160 A pamphlet of a Reform Association Meeting in the City, inflammatory speeches by Baldwin, H. J. Boulton & others rampant Rebelism in my opinion.
1862 Constitution (Middletown, Connecticut) 26 Mar. 4/1 There is a good deal of rebelism in the Old Bailie.
1864 Harper's Mag. July 271/1 He..is silent or pretends to rebelism when his mistress..is by.
1867 Congress. Globe 10 Dec. 103/3 The action of Congress can have no other effect than to embarrass the work of reconstruction,..to feed the spirit of rebelism and incite insubordination.
1888 F. Hudson Last Hurdle 140 You must not confound patriotism with rebelism, as certain portions of the English press do.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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