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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgence
Noun
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The film presents boosting as an act of insurrection from the street up.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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There was also a plan to encourage an insurrection in early 2023.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Jacir’s absorbing film takes place during the 1936–39 Arab revolt, which was a response to British rule and the colonial authority’s partnership with newly arriving Jewish refugees from Europe.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and with Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Müntzer’s teachings helped provoke the widespread uprising of the German peasants in 1525, and have served as a kind of progenitor inspiration for later communist thinkers, from Friedrich Engels to Ernst Bloch.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Herzen’s arrest was part of a sweeping crackdown on intellectual circles following the Decembrist uprising, as the tsarist regime sought to quell dissent.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Resistance, rebellion and retribution all come out to play in one of Disney+’s most consistent series that’s unafraid to put its larger-than-life characters into the maw of Venus fly trap-like set of moral and ethical issues.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
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In the era of AI, the notion of learning something for yourself is a quiet, internal act of rebellion against a world that seems to be flowing in the wrong direction.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Mar. 2026
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The ur-mutiny, encompassing some of these, provoking and provoked by others, is MAGA.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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That mobility occasionally allowed for communication and coordination during mutinies.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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