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unrest

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Etymology

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From Middle English unreste, equivalent to un- +‎ rest. Cognate with West Frisian ûnrêst (unrest), Dutch onrust (unrest), German Low German Unrüst (unrest). Compare also Saterland Frisian Uunraue (unrest), German Unruhe (unrest), Danish uro (unrest), Swedish oro (unrest), Icelandic órói (unrest). Compare also Old English orrest (battle), Old Norse orrosta, orresta (battle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʌnˈɹɛst/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

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unrest (usually uncountable, plural unrests)

  1. A state of trouble, confusion and turbulence, especially in a political context; a time of riots, demonstrations and protests.
  2. Something that troubles or confuses; that which causes unrest.
    • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 8:
      In her pyjamas, Sadie turned back the bedclothes to a single sheet, and settled down under it with a sigh of content; the languors of a body untroubled by mental unrests were a reward for the day's exertions.

Derived terms

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  • civil unrest

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