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insurgency

[ in-sur-juhn-see ]

noun

, plural in·sur·gen·cies
  1. the state or condition of being insurgent.
  2. insurrection against an existing government, usually one's own, by a group not recognized as having the status of a belligerent.
  3. rebellion within a group, as by members against leaders.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of insurgency1

First recorded in 1795–1805; insurg(ent) + -ency

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Example Sentences

Originally it was a low-level insurgency mainly confined to the Sinai Peninsula .

Rather, the revolution was brought there by certain elements of the insurgency.

They were busily implementing these in cases like Roe v. Wade when a right-wing insurgency took them by surprise.

You are not trying to create an insurgency, after all, you are trying to stop one.

But if Kobani falls it could well end up re-igniting the 30-year long Kurdish insurgency inside Turkey.

In short, insurgency ceased to be a valid plea; if it existed in fact, officially it had become a dead letter.

The people of Virginia were most anxious to get rid of a band of malefactors guilty of insurgency, conspiracy, and rebellion.

No insurgency of words arose in denunciation of the wrong done to her nature.

One could easily imagine it to be a congress of crows exorcised over an insurgency move and demanding the previous question.

Their father had been a stalwart before them in Iowa, where Cummins had created so much commotion with his insurgency.

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