INSURGENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insurgence mean? 

• INSURGENCE (noun)
  The noun INSURGENCE has 1 sense:

1. an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

  Familiarity information: INSURGENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSURGENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

insurgence; insurgency

Hypernyms ("insurgence" is a kind of...):

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; rising; uprising (organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another)

 Context examples 

He felt the stress and strain of life, its fevers and sweats and wild insurgences—surely this was the stuff to write about!

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)