INSURGENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does insurgency mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INSURGENCY (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 ("insurgency" 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)

Derivation:

insurgent (in opposition to a civil authority or government)