insurrection

Meaning

The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.

Synonyms

rebellion

revolt

uprising

mutiny

riot

rising

insurgence

insurgency

commotion

sedition

revolution

rebel

treason

outbreak

insurgent

disturbance

strife

takeover

treachery

tumult

unrest

upheaval

upraising

uproar

domestic conflict

intifadah

alarm

uprest

arousal

bothered

civil war

coup

coup d’état

dethroning

disorder

disturbed

high treason

intifada

lifting

raising

rebellions

revolting

riser

Translations

insurrection

Aufstand

insurrezione

révolte

insurrección

Aufruhr

opstand

Rebellion

rivolta

rébellion

rebelião

εξέγερση

insurreição

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: insurreccion

Cognate with French: insurrection

In summary

From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))).