insurgence

noun

in-ˈsər-jən(t)s How to pronounce insurgence (audio)
Definition of insurgencenext
as in insurrection
open fighting against authority (as one's own government) the insurgence eventually succeeded in undermining the corrupt dictatorship

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Recent Examples of insurgence The Nigerian superstar further broadens his trademark fusion of amapiano and Afrobeats, establishing a new outpost in the styles’ insurgence into rap and pop. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Aug. 2024 Others of those moderate members expressed frustration with the right wing of their party’s insurgence. — USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024 The letter appears twelve days after a coordinated insurgence breached the Gaza envelope, its members killing more than 1,100 Israelis and abducting 251, and just prior to Israel’s ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023 There’s a quiet insurgence within the fashion choices in the show, and Lyons is its leader. — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 16 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for insurgence
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  1. insurrection
  2. revolt
  3. uprising
  4. rebellion
  5. mutiny
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  • How is the Schaumburg Democrat grappling with that fateful outcome, while preparing to depart Congress after 10 tumultuous years, which included a pandemic, an insurrection and impeachment proceedings?
    — Marni Pyke, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The film argues that those foundational principles — along with the amendment’s prohibition against those who engage in insurrection serving as heads of state — have come under unprecedented pressure in recent years.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurrection
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  • The 2022 Freedom Convoy began over vaccine requirements for cross-border truckers but grew into a broader revolt against pandemic restrictions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement The Yellow Vest revolt of 2018 to 2019 was an earlier social explosion of precisely that resentment.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • Gavras’s previous film, the magnificent Athena, was an action epic and family tragedy about an uprising at a French housing project.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But Qaddafi’s military forces were decisively defeated by Western airpower and his objective of crushing a popular uprising by force was rendered impossible.
    — Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of uprising
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  • At this point, my rebellion had evolved to become more than just a quiet resistance.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • In such trivial moments of rebellion, the seeds of resistance are sown.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebellion
Noun
  • Its leader, Sergei Mironov, 73, once gained headlines by posing with a symbol of brutality — a sledgehammer given to him by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late Wagner mercenary leader shortly before his failed 2023 mutiny.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Step aboard the Grampus, a whaleship gone adrift after a storm, rations running out and a violent mutiny, and learn what happened to its ghost whalers.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mutiny

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