insurgence

Examples

• All

• Looking back on her early years at the college, she notes wryly, "I went on planning my life while life was planning an insurgence" (27).

  Academic text (2008)

• What I don't know is if I will have to change to one of his insurgence policies, which are much worse than the one I have now.

  Blog text (29)

• No need to get off to cause another insurgence...

  I'm Not There (2007)

• From 1986 onward, our objective was the insurgence.

  Academic text (1999)

• For Leda Rafanelli, for example, the strike and trial, the insurgence of the immigrant working class in Lawrence.

  Academic text (1997)

• Second, Christian colleges can contribute to the common good by continuing to teach and even expand curricular offerings in the conservative intellectual tradition, perhaps one of the biggest casualties of the recent anti-intellectual insurgence.

  Academic text (2017)

• A pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines called for an end to the "ruthless exploitation" of the natural environment, and it directly linked rural insurgence with a degraded environment (Clad 1988).

  Academic text (1992)

• The government is struggling to control the ongoing insurgence in the eastern regions of the country.

• The citizens organized an insurgence to fight against the oppressive regime.

• After months of unrest, a full-fledged insurgence erupted, challenging the stability of the nation.

Synonyms

R

resistance

vsinsurgence

412 5.5

Armed action by a group against an enemy or occupying force

is centered on overthrow aim rather than simply opposing or blocking power

U

uprising

vsinsurgence

150 5.1

A group of people who rise up and use force to oppose the government

is the same idea but emphasizes the specific act rather than long campaign

R

rebellion

vsinsurgence

128 4.1

A group of people who use weapons to fight the government

is focused on challenging authority and may include secret subversion

I

insurgency

vsinsurgence

• Literature

54 8.4

A planned action by a group, often using weapons or secret actions, to take control from the government

is broader, often naming rebellion that includes subversion as well as force

I

insurrection

vsinsurgence

27 9.1

A planned violent attempt by a group to remove their government

is used more for violent actions rather than general organized subversion

I

intifada

vsinsurgence

• Literature

20 9.9

A Palestinian uprising against Israeli control in Gaza and the West Bank

is a general organized rebellion term not tied to one region or event

R

rising

vsinsurgence

• Archaic

6 6.8

An organized attempt by a group to take power from those in charge, often using force

is similar but often used for smaller or shorter scale efforts

U

upsurgence

vsinsurgence

9.8

A sudden violent action by people against those in power

is the general organized rebellion and not necessarily sudden or brief

How Violent

civil war

285 3.2

insurgence

• Literature

1 8.7

riot

329 4.1

disturbance

45 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology