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UPHEAVAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disturbance usually in protest
Synonyms:
agitation; excitement; hullabaloo; turmoil; upheaval
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("upheaval" is a kind of...):
disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Synonyms:
upheaval; uplift; upthrow; upthrust
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("upheaval" is a kind of...):
ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Derivation:
upheave (lift forcefully from beneath)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A violent disturbance
Example:
the convulsions of the stock market
Synonyms:
convulsion; turmoil; upheaval
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("upheaval" is a kind of...):
commotion; disruption; disturbance; flutter; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; hurly burly; kerfuffle; to-do (a disorderly outburst or tumult)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A state of violent disturbance and disorder (as in politics or social conditions generally)
Example:
the industrial revolution was a period of great turbulence
Synonyms:
Sturm und Drang; turbulence; upheaval
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("upheaval" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Domain category:
government; political science; politics (the study of government of states and other political units)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upheaval"):
agitation; ferment; fermentation; tempestuousness; unrest (a state of agitation or turbulent change or development)
roller coaster (anything characterized by abrupt and extreme changes (especially up and down))
violence (a turbulent state resulting in injuries and destruction etc.)
