insurrection

Examples

• All

• Without French military aid, the Irish insurrection of 1798 collapsed.

  Academic text (1995)

• The President has the authority to use the armed forces to suppress any insurrection, unlawful combination or conspiracy.

  Unthinkable (2010)

• There is an insurrection going on against the center.

• Talks of insurrection got folks scared.

  The Birth of a Nation (2016)

• I refer, of course, to the threat of insurrection.

  O Lucky Man! (1973)

• The years pass, and the memory of the insurrection is dissolving.

• In an insurrection, the end justifies the means.

  The Lost City (2005)

• Did the January 6 protesters go to DC to mount an insurrection?

  2000 Mules (2022)

• Governments toppled through violent insurrection.

  The Bricklayer (2023)

• The constitutional purpose of the state militia was to provide local defense against invasion or insurrection.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

R

revolution

vsinsurrection

733 4.1

A sudden large change in a country's government or society, often when people rise against leaders

focuses specifically on organized attempts to remove authority, not wider social change

C

coup

vsinsurrection

• Literature

189 8.1

A sudden illegal act by a small group to take control of a government

is broader, covering organized attempts by any group to remove existing authority

R

rebellion

vsinsurrection

124 4.1

A group of people who use weapons to fight the government

is the general attempt to remove authority, not only armed resistance

U

uprising

vsinsurrection

102 5.1

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

is broader, covering any organized effort to overthrow power, not only acts

I

insurgency

vsinsurrection

• Literature

84 8.4

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

is the general label for any organized attempt to overthrow authority

R

revolt

vsinsurrection

74 4.6

A violent attempt to remove a government or ruler

is the same action but framed more neutrally as an organized overthrow attempt

R

rising

vsinsurrection

• Archaic

4 6.8

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

is the fuller term for an organized overthrow effort rather than a single event

I

insurgence

vsinsurrection

• Literature

2 8.7

An organized group fighting against the government, often using weapons

is slightly broader, applying to any organized overthrow attempt, not only rebellion

U

upsurgence

vsinsurrection

9.8

A sudden violent action by people against those in power

is broader, covering both sudden and planned organized attempts to overthrow power

Antonyms

C

compliance

151 5.0

Obeying rules or orders from people in charge

O

obedience

81 2.6

Willing to do what a person in charge asks

S

submission

60 4.2

Accepting another person's control by obeying them

How Violent

civil war

479 3.2

insurrection

27 9.1

uprising

102 5.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology