Definition of insurrection in English:

insurrection

noun ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n

A violent uprising against an authority or government.
起义；叛乱；造反；暴动
the insurrection was savagely put down
起义被残酷地镇压了。
mass noun opposition to the new regime led to armed insurrection
对新政权的反对导致了武装叛乱。
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a long history of sections of the army and even the police coming over to the side of the people during insurrections.
- For a short while, the police continued to insist that they had thwarted an armed insurrection.
- The long-simmering anger of alienated black youth at racism and economic injustice in the ghettos was erupting into violent and destructive urban insurrections.
- However, international governing bodies can help to shed light on the relation of proper authority to revolutionary wars and political insurrections through their legitimacy-conferring function.
- An urban insurrection in Jerusalem was followed by a general uprising of the Jewish peasantry.
- An insurrection by French resistance forces freed the city.
- One sector, led by the Ministry of Education and the Mayor of Caracas, called for a popular insurrection to defend the government.
- Most of the uprisings were local insurrections against specific circumstances - usually the building of a castle or the exactions of a local Norman lord.
- Stalin saw the organisers of the insurrection as reactionary nationalists who would stand in the way of future Soviet hegemony.
- Nothing frightened slave-dependent societies more than the prospect of widespread slave insurrections.
- In Germany workers played a leading part in the 1848 insurrections.
- An agrarian insurrection swept across the region in the 1880s.
- The popular insurrection gave the government a much greater mandate than any election.
- The Maoist rebels have been waging a Marxist insurrection in Nepal for nine years to abolish the monarchy.
- In February 1917 economic strikes and food protests led by women fused into a general strike that drew the army into an insurrection.
- The insurrection swept the old government from office and could only be crushed by the might of the Russian army.
- 1968 was the big year of revolt, its epicentre the student-led insurrection in Paris.
- Then there was an insurrection in which the British killed 10,000 people.
- In 1920 British troops put down an insurrection in Iraq, and crushed protests and strikes in favour of independence in Egypt.
- They were under the general orders of Mola and Franco, the leaders of the military insurrection that had sparked the Spanish Civil War.
Synonyms
rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot, sedition
civil disobedience, civil disorder, unrest, anarchy, fighting in the streets
coup
French coup d'état, jacquerie
German putsch

Derivatives

insurrectionary

adjective ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nəriˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃəˌnɛri

Almost 40 years after its initial release it has tremendous resonance because it demonstrates the modus operandi of contemporary colonial oppression and reveals what gives rise to and fuels a nationalist insurrectionary movement.
Example sentencesExamples
- The demands for moral reform were also directed at an incomprehensible, and apparently subversive and insurrectionary, urban culture that actually intensified through attempts at repression and prohibition.
- The insurrectionary municipal government sought to prevent a confrontation with the powers, but it was nevertheless committed to the unilateral abolition of the Foreign Concessions, and the threat remained.
- But with no sign of the promised agrarian reforms, landless agricultural workers joined the urban insurrectionary movement, seized the large farming estates and started developing them collectively.
- South Africa's government was by that time mired in an economic crisis and faced an insurrectionary mass movement of the black working class.

insurrectionist

adjective & noun ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nɪst

At this rate we could have government grants for insurrectionists.
Example sentencesExamples
- Releasing the photos at that point would have run the risk of stirring up insurrectionists and undermining the new government.
- Unlike insurrectionists who resist government because it is repressive, vigilantes ‘take arms to do the government's work because the authorities are not repressive enough.’
- This was possible because of the efforts of the Philippine insurrectionists, who controlled most of the island.
- As far as the Empire was concerned, Gandhi was a troublemaker, an insurrectionist, and a traitor to the Empire.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin insurrectio(n-), from insurgere 'rise up'.

surge from Late Middle English:
Early examples of surge mean a fountain or stream, with the verb meaning ‘rise and fall on the waves’, and ‘swell with great force’. The word comes from Latin surgere ‘to rise’, found also in resurrection (Middle English) ‘to rise again’, and insurrection (Late Middle English) ‘to rise up’.

Rhymes

abjection, affection, circumspection, collection, complexion, confection, connection, convection, correction, defection, deflection, dejection, detection, direction, ejection, election, genuflection, imperfection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introspection, lection, misdirection, objection, perfection, predilection, projection, protection, refection, reflection, rejection, resurrection, retrospection, section, selection, subjection, transection, vivisection

Definition of insurrection in US English:

insurrection

nounˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nˌinsəˈrekSH(ə)n

A violent uprising against an authority or government.
起义；叛乱；造反；暴动
the insurrection was savagely put down
起义被残酷地镇压了。
opposition to the new regime led to armed insurrection
对新政权的反对导致了武装叛乱。
Example sentencesExamples
- An urban insurrection in Jerusalem was followed by a general uprising of the Jewish peasantry.
- Stalin saw the organisers of the insurrection as reactionary nationalists who would stand in the way of future Soviet hegemony.
- The insurrection swept the old government from office and could only be crushed by the might of the Russian army.
- There is a long history of sections of the army and even the police coming over to the side of the people during insurrections.
- The popular insurrection gave the government a much greater mandate than any election.
- 1968 was the big year of revolt, its epicentre the student-led insurrection in Paris.
- In 1920 British troops put down an insurrection in Iraq, and crushed protests and strikes in favour of independence in Egypt.
- Then there was an insurrection in which the British killed 10,000 people.
- The long-simmering anger of alienated black youth at racism and economic injustice in the ghettos was erupting into violent and destructive urban insurrections.
- Nothing frightened slave-dependent societies more than the prospect of widespread slave insurrections.
- They were under the general orders of Mola and Franco, the leaders of the military insurrection that had sparked the Spanish Civil War.
- An insurrection by French resistance forces freed the city.
- In Germany workers played a leading part in the 1848 insurrections.
- Most of the uprisings were local insurrections against specific circumstances - usually the building of a castle or the exactions of a local Norman lord.
- For a short while, the police continued to insist that they had thwarted an armed insurrection.
- An agrarian insurrection swept across the region in the 1880s.
- However, international governing bodies can help to shed light on the relation of proper authority to revolutionary wars and political insurrections through their legitimacy-conferring function.
- The Maoist rebels have been waging a Marxist insurrection in Nepal for nine years to abolish the monarchy.
- In February 1917 economic strikes and food protests led by women fused into a general strike that drew the army into an insurrection.
- One sector, led by the Ministry of Education and the Mayor of Caracas, called for a popular insurrection to defend the government.
Synonyms
rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot, sedition

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin insurrectio(n-), from insurgere ‘rise up’.

词汇	insurrection
释义	Definition of insurrection in English: insurrection noun ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)n A violent uprising against an authority or government. 起义；叛乱；造反；暴动 the insurrection was savagely put down 起义被残酷地镇压了。 mass noun opposition to the new regime led to armed insurrection 对新政权的反对导致了武装叛乱。 Example sentencesExamples There is a long history of sections of the army and even the police coming over to the side of the people during insurrections. For a short while, the police continued to insist that they had thwarted an armed insurrection. The long-simmering anger of alienated black youth at racism and economic injustice in the ghettos was erupting into violent and destructive urban insurrections. However, international governing bodies can help to shed light on the relation of proper authority to revolutionary wars and political insurrections through their legitimacy-conferring function. An urban insurrection in Jerusalem was followed by a general uprising of the Jewish peasantry. An insurrection by French resistance forces freed the city. One sector, led by the Ministry of Education and the Mayor of Caracas, called for a popular insurrection to defend the government. Most of the uprisings were local insurrections against specific circumstances - usually the building of a castle or the exactions of a local Norman lord. Stalin saw the organisers of the insurrection as reactionary nationalists who would stand in the way of future Soviet hegemony. Nothing frightened slave-dependent societies more than the prospect of widespread slave insurrections. In Germany workers played a leading part in the 1848 insurrections. An agrarian insurrection swept across the region in the 1880s. The popular insurrection gave the government a much greater mandate than any election. The Maoist rebels have been waging a Marxist insurrection in Nepal for nine years to abolish the monarchy. In February 1917 economic strikes and food protests led by women fused into a general strike that drew the army into an insurrection. The insurrection swept the old government from office and could only be crushed by the might of the Russian army. 1968 was the big year of revolt, its epicentre the student-led insurrection in Paris. Then there was an insurrection in which the British killed 10,000 people. In 1920 British troops put down an insurrection in Iraq, and crushed protests and strikes in favour of independence in Egypt. They were under the general orders of Mola and Franco, the leaders of the military insurrection that had sparked the Spanish Civil War. Synonyms rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot, sedition civil disobedience, civil disorder, unrest, anarchy, fighting in the streets coup French coup d'état, jacquerie German putsch Derivatives insurrectionary adjective ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nəriˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃəˌnɛri Almost 40 years after its initial release it has tremendous resonance because it demonstrates the modus operandi of contemporary colonial oppression and reveals what gives rise to and fuels a nationalist insurrectionary movement. Example sentencesExamples The demands for moral reform were also directed at an incomprehensible, and apparently subversive and insurrectionary, urban culture that actually intensified through attempts at repression and prohibition. The insurrectionary municipal government sought to prevent a confrontation with the powers, but it was nevertheless committed to the unilateral abolition of the Foreign Concessions, and the threat remained. But with no sign of the promised agrarian reforms, landless agricultural workers joined the urban insurrectionary movement, seized the large farming estates and started developing them collectively. South Africa's government was by that time mired in an economic crisis and faced an insurrectionary mass movement of the black working class. insurrectionist adjective & noun ˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nɪst At this rate we could have government grants for insurrectionists. Example sentencesExamples Releasing the photos at that point would have run the risk of stirring up insurrectionists and undermining the new government. Unlike insurrectionists who resist government because it is repressive, vigilantes ‘take arms to do the government's work because the authorities are not repressive enough.’ This was possible because of the efforts of the Philippine insurrectionists, who controlled most of the island. As far as the Empire was concerned, Gandhi was a troublemaker, an insurrectionist, and a traitor to the Empire. Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin insurrectio(n-), from insurgere 'rise up'. surge from Late Middle English: Early examples of surge mean a fountain or stream, with the verb meaning ‘rise and fall on the waves’, and ‘swell with great force’. The word comes from Latin surgere ‘to rise’, found also in resurrection (Middle English) ‘to rise again’, and insurrection (Late Middle English) ‘to rise up’. Rhymes abjection, affection, circumspection, collection, complexion, confection, connection, convection, correction, defection, deflection, dejection, detection, direction, ejection, election, genuflection, imperfection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introspection, lection, misdirection, objection, perfection, predilection, projection, protection, refection, reflection, rejection, resurrection, retrospection, section, selection, subjection, transection, vivisection Definition of insurrection in US English: insurrection nounˌɪnsəˈrɛkʃ(ə)nˌinsəˈrekSH(ə)n A violent uprising against an authority or government. 起义；叛乱；造反；暴动 the insurrection was savagely put down 起义被残酷地镇压了。 opposition to the new regime led to armed insurrection 对新政权的反对导致了武装叛乱。 Example sentencesExamples An urban insurrection in Jerusalem was followed by a general uprising of the Jewish peasantry. Stalin saw the organisers of the insurrection as reactionary nationalists who would stand in the way of future Soviet hegemony. The insurrection swept the old government from office and could only be crushed by the might of the Russian army. There is a long history of sections of the army and even the police coming over to the side of the people during insurrections. The popular insurrection gave the government a much greater mandate than any election. 1968 was the big year of revolt, its epicentre the student-led insurrection in Paris. In 1920 British troops put down an insurrection in Iraq, and crushed protests and strikes in favour of independence in Egypt. Then there was an insurrection in which the British killed 10,000 people. The long-simmering anger of alienated black youth at racism and economic injustice in the ghettos was erupting into violent and destructive urban insurrections. Nothing frightened slave-dependent societies more than the prospect of widespread slave insurrections. They were under the general orders of Mola and Franco, the leaders of the military insurrection that had sparked the Spanish Civil War. An insurrection by French resistance forces freed the city. In Germany workers played a leading part in the 1848 insurrections. Most of the uprisings were local insurrections against specific circumstances - usually the building of a castle or the exactions of a local Norman lord. For a short while, the police continued to insist that they had thwarted an armed insurrection. An agrarian insurrection swept across the region in the 1880s. However, international governing bodies can help to shed light on the relation of proper authority to revolutionary wars and political insurrections through their legitimacy-conferring function. The Maoist rebels have been waging a Marxist insurrection in Nepal for nine years to abolish the monarchy. In February 1917 economic strikes and food protests led by women fused into a general strike that drew the army into an insurrection. One sector, led by the Ministry of Education and the Mayor of Caracas, called for a popular insurrection to defend the government. Synonyms rebellion, revolt, uprising, mutiny, revolution, insurgence, insurgency, rising, rioting, riot, sedition Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin insurrectio(n-), from insurgere ‘rise up’.
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