angry young mannoun [ C ]
uk/ˌæŋ.ɡri jʌŋ ˈmæn/us/ˌæŋ.ɡri jʌŋ ˈmæn/a young man who is not satisfied with people in authority and expresses strong opinions about them
Angry Young Men
specialized literature a group of young male writers in the UK in the 1950s who did not respect people in authority and wrote in a critical way about the society of the time
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Taking action against people in power
- anarchist
- bring
- bring sb down
- counter-revolution
- coup
- insurgent
- mutineer
- mutiny
- overthrow
- palace coup
- partisan
- poacher
- poacher turned gamekeeper idiom
- put sth down 1
- riot
- riotous
- rising
- secede
- state of emergency
- uprising
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