Definition of

Revolt

Protest

The idea of ​​revolt can be associated with sedition or social unrest.

Revolt is a term with several uses. It could have been an alteration , a sedition or a social disturbance . In this case, a revolt is a social movement that opposes some figure of power or a certain measure of the government and that usually has a violent character.

For example: “The revolt in the Arab country led to the resignation of the first president,” “Four dead in the midst of the revolt that broke out in Greece,” “The president is worried about the consequences of the revolt.”

Rise of a revolt

The usual thing is that a revolt arises spontaneously as an expression of a conflict , whether social, economic, political, etc. People gather in the streets to express their disagreement with a situation and try to achieve change.

Sometimes, the revolt leads to a more organized movement that has projection into the future. The revolt can also become an attempted revolution to achieve profound social or political change.

Repression

Revolts are usually repressed by the authorities.

Classification according to type

There are many types of revolts, based on criteria such as who organizes them or what aspects they claim. Thus, for example, throughout history we come across peasant women, political women, social women, anti-lordism and even working women. The latter we have to say that they appeared, above all, at the end of the 19th century and, as their name indicates, they were attacked by workers who were trying to demonstrate against the terrible working conditions they had, as well as the very poor salaries that they had. they paid them.

It must also be emphasized that when the revolt extends over a long period of time, it can lead to a war , if several countries participate, or a civil war, if it confronts people and sides of the same nation.

There are many revolts that have taken place at different times. However, among the most significant we would highlight the Spartacus Revolt ( 73 BC ) and the Flanders Revolt ( 1568 ).

Other uses of the idea of ​​revolt

Something intricate or difficult to understand is also understood as scrambled: “In such a scrambled situation, one cannot know who is right,” “The club is quite scrambled with the elections.”

In the field of gastronomy , a scrambled egg is a dish that includes a mixture of eggs and other ingredients, curdling in no particular way: “I'm going to prepare a pea scramble to accompany the meat.”

An upset stomach , meanwhile, is one that is damaged or has its functions altered: “The food left my stomach upset.” Likewise, it is common to use the expression scrambled table . This is used to refer to the drawing that is characterized by being made up of different figures and shapes and that share the singularity of being expressed through a perfectly studied and analyzed disorder.

In addition to all the above, we would have to point out that revolt is a surname. Thus, in Spain there is a celebrity called Raquel Revuelta , she is a woman who was Miss Spain in 1989 and who from then until today has worked as a model, television presenter, actress and even businesswoman.