Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause Glossary

Agitator

A person who encourages others to act poorly

Brawl

A brutal and exceptionally noisy fight

Chickie-run

Slang for a competition in which two drivers race stolen cars toward the edge of the cliff, with the first one to bail out being branded a "chicken."

Dawn

The time period during which the light appears in the sky just before sunrise

Delirium

A crazed, disturbed, and incoherent state

Hypoanalysis

A method of psychoanalysis in which a patient is put into hypnosis in an attempt to secure data and an emotional response

Juvenile

A young person

Morbid

Having an unhealthy, strange, and abnormal interest in something or someone.

Phony

Fake

Planetarium

A building that displays images stars, planets, and constellations on the inner surface of a dome for public entertainment or education

Posthumous

After death

Psychopath

A chronically mentally ill person characterized by abnormal and violent behavior

Scrimp

A person who spends as little money as possible; a cheapskate

Sunken

Something at a lower level than the surrounding area

Yo-yo

Slang for a stupid, insane, or unpredictable person

Toreador

Bullfighter

Rank

Having a strong or unpleasant smell

Machismo

Strong or aggressive masculine pride

Schizoid

Denoting or having a personality type characterized by emotional aloofness and solitary habits

Head-shrinker

A derogatory term for a psychiatrist, psychologist, or psychotherapist

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