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insurrection

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in·sur·rec·tion  (ns-rkshn)
n.
The act or an instance of open revolt against civil authority or a constituted government.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin nsurrcti, nsurrctin-, from Latin nsurrctus, past participle of nsurgere, to rise up; see insurgent.]

insur·rection·al adj.
insur·rection·ary (-sh-nr) adj. & n.
insur·rection·ism n.
insur·rection·ist n.

insurrection
Noun
the act of rebelling against an established authority [Latin insurgere to rise up]
insurrectionist nadj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.insurrectioninsurrection - organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
conflict, struggle, battle - an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
insurgence, insurgency - an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
intifada, intifadah - an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000; "the first intifada ended when Israel granted limited autonomy to the Palestine National Authority in 1993"
mutiny - open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

insurrection
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Spanish insurrection [ɪnsəˈrɛkʃən] ninsurrección f
French insurrection [ɪnsəˈrɛkʃən] ninsurrection f
German insurrection [ɪnsəˈrɛkʃən] nAufstand m
Italian insurrection [ɪnsəˈrɛkʃən] ninsurrezione f

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THE Members of a body of Socialists rose in insurrection against their Bellamy.
In Poland they support the party that insists on an agrarian revolution as the prime condition for national emancipation, that party which fomented the insurrection of Cracow in 1846.
An insurrection took place, the object of which seems to have been to interrupt the course of law and get rid of debts and taxes.
 
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