Unrest, also called disaffection, is a sociological phenomenon, including:

• Civil unrest
• Civil disorder
• Domestic terrorism
• Industrial unrest
• Labor unrest
• Rebellion
• Riot
• Strike action
• State of emergency

Notable historical instances of unrest

• 19th century Luddites
• 1978–79 Winter of Discontent (UK)
• 1989 Purple Rain Revolt (South Africa)
• 2003 Maldives civil unrest
• 2004 Unrest in Kosovo
• 2005 Belize unrest
• May 2005 unrest in Uzbekistan
• Arab Spring
• Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–14)
• 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
• 2022 Kazakh unrest

Film and television

• Unrest (2017 film)