What is another word for insurgency?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnsˈɜːd͡ʒənsi], [ ɪnsˈɜːdʒənsi], [ ɪ_n_s_ˈɜː_dʒ_ə_n_s_i]
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Synonyms for Insurgency:
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n.
• act • defiance- affront ,
- attack ,
- audacity ,
- boldness ,
- confrontation ,
- contravention ,
- counteraction ,
- dissension ,
- dissent ,
- insolence ,
- insubordination ,
- obstinacy ,
- rebelliousness ,
- recalcitrance ,
- resistance ,
- stubbornness ,
- temerity .
- dis orderliness ,
- dis orderlinesses ,
- dis-orderliness ,
- dis-orderlinesses ,
- in docilities ,
- in docility ,
- in-docilities ,
- in-docility ,
- un controllabilities ,
- un controllability ,
- un controllableness ,
- un controllablenesses ,
- un governableness ,
- un governablenesses ,
- un manageabilities ,
- un manageability ,
- un towardness ,
- un towardnesses ,
- un-controllabilities ,
- un-controllability ,
- un-controllableness ,
- un-controllablenesses ,
- un-governableness ,
- un-governablenesses ,
- un-manageabilities ,
- un-manageability ,
- un-towardness ,
- un-towardnesses ,
- wildnesses .
Other synonyms:
- 77 ,
- 911 ,
- agitation ,
- agriterrorism ,
- apostasy ,
- barricade ,
- bioterrorism ,
- boycott ,
- civil disobedience ,
- insurrection ,
- mutiny ,
- rebellion ,
- resist ,
- revolt ,
- revolution ,
- sedition ,
- uprising .
Other relevant words:
- Indocility ,
- Insurgence ,
- anarchy ,
- ascent ,
- counterinsurgency ,
- coup ,
- disgust ,
- disobedience ,
- disorder ,
- disturbance ,
- fomentation ,
- heresy ,
- incitement ,
- instigation ,
- intractability ,
- mayhem ,
- nonconformity ,
- outbreak ,
- overthrow ,
- putsch ,
- rabble-rousing ,
- rebel ,
- rebelling ,
- rebellions ,
- recalcitrancy ,
- riot ,
- rioting ,
- rise ,
- rising ,
- schism ,
- subversion ,
- subversiveness ,
- take over ,
- treachery ,
- treason ,
- unrest ,
- upheaval .
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How to use "Insurgency" in context?
Insurgency is a political disorder characterized by an organized struggle against a government or occupying power by a clandestine, violent, and often armed group, usually seeking to create a new government or overthrow the old. The meaning of the word "insurgency" can be narrowed to referring to only armed rebellious campaigns, but insurgency is more broadly defined as a series of nonviolent struggles by groups that share a common purpose.
Insurgency is a product of thestrategic interaction between insurgents and their environment. The expression of insurgent will in the form of decentralized, pluralistic, and individualistic behavior challenges the legitimacy of the governing authority.
Paraphrases for Insurgency:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
insurrection, rebellion.
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Noun, singular or mass
insurrection, rebellion, revolt, Insurgence.
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Proper noun, singular
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
revolt.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
insurrectional.
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Noun, singular or mass
insubordination, renegade, resistance, revolution, rioting, unrest, Militiamen.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
insurgent, mutiny, rebel, rebellious.
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Adjective
Hyponym for Insurgency:
n.
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act
revolt, rising, uprising, rebellion, insurrection.
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act
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