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| Main Entry: |
insurgency
 [in-sur-juhn-see] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurrection, mutiny, nonconformity, revolt, revolution, rising, schism, sedition, uprising |
| Main Entry: | insurrection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | coup, disorder, insurgence, insurgency, mutiny, revolt, revolution, riot, rising, sedition, uprising |
| Antonyms: | compliance, obedience, subordination |
| Main Entry: | rebellion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disobedience; revolt |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising |
| Notes: | rebellion is open resistance to a government or authority; revolution is a rebellion that succeeds in overthrowing the government and establishing a new one |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
Example Sentences
- So that is where reintegration of reconcilable elements of the insurgency comes in.
- It's long been in the insurgency manual to try to provoke overreaction.
- And that may require probing the links between insurgency and the narcotics business a bit more closely.
| Main Entry: | revolt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising |
| Synonyms: | defection, displeasure, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolution, rising, sedition |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | revolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drastic action or change, often in politics |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, bloodshed, cabal, coup, coup d'état, crime, debacle, destruction, disorder, foment, golpe, guerrilla activity, innovation, insubordination, insurgency, metamorphosis, mutiny, outbreak, overthrow, overturn, plot, radical change, rebellion, reformation, reversal, revolt, rising, row, shake-up, shift, strife, strike, subversion, transformation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turnover, underground activity, unrest, upheaval, uprising, uproar, upset, violence |
| Antonyms: | stagnation, submission |
| Main Entry: | sedition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, defiance, disobedience, dissent, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, revolt, revolution, treason, uprising |
| Main Entry: | indocility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, disorderliness, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, fractiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractability, intractableness, lip, muster*, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, untowardness, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insurgence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebellion |
| Synonyms: | apostasy, defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, nonconformity, revolt, revolution, rising, schism, sedition, uprising |
| Main Entry: | intractability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unruliness |
| Synonyms: | affront, audacity, back talk, big talk, boldness, bravado, brazenness, call, cartel, challenge, command, confrontation, contempt, contrariness, contumacy, dare, defy, disorderliness, effrontery, enjoinder, factiousness, fractiousness, gas*, guts*, hot air, impudence, impugnment, indocility, insolence, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, intractableness, lip, muster*, obstinacy, obstinateness, obstreperousness, opposition, order, perversity, provocation, rebellion, rebelliousness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, revolt, sass, spite, stump, summons, temerity, throwing of the gauntlet, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, untowardness, wildness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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