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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurgence
  1. insurrection
  2. revolt
  3. uprising
  4. rebellion
  5. mutiny
Noun
  • Amendment is also a constitution’s mechanism for the prevention of insurrection.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • As Port falls in with a group of conspirators preparing for the insurrection, the book takes on a hallucinatory, digressive quality, blurring the lines between life and death, reality and illusion.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of insurrection
Noun
  • Of these three films, The Uprising is admittedly the least heist-explicit; Paul Greengrass’s shaky cam mostly follows marching mobs lambasting the king and furious revolts against soldiers and tax collectors.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Advertisement By midsummer, the revolt reached its breaking point.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of revolt
Noun
  • There were, of course, more people protesting than in 1848, the first modern wave of uprisings, known as the Springtime of the Peoples.
    — Rachel Nolan, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The uprising also brought people working in different movements closer together.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of uprising
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Yudkowsky took such tropes of rebellion and rule-breaking and built a philosophical apparatus around them.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Uprising’s final act does get unwieldy, as the director tries to show just how the rebellion was betrayed.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Sep. 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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“Insurgence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurgence. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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