Definition of Insurgency

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

Exact synonyms: Insurgence
Generic synonyms: Insurrection, Rebellion, Revolt, Rising, Uprising
Derivative terms: Insurgent

Definition of Insurgency

1. Noun. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insurgency

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurgency

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Literary usage of Insurgency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America by Henry A Kissinger (1998)
"The insurgency in Guatemala The insurgency in Guatemala is at a much lower level. ... The Guatemalan Army continues to apply counter-insurgency tactics ..."

2. International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied by the United States by Charles Cheney Hyde (1922)
"Acts Falling Short of Recognition of Belligerency, insurgency, In case of an insurrection, a foreign State may, without recognizing the insurgents as ..."

3. Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World by Stephen Blank, Lewis B. Ware, Air University (U.S.). Press (1988)
"The Basmachi insurgency The Basmachi insurgency was largely staffed by peasants; but some elements of the commercial classes of Central Asia, motivated by ..."

4. Outlines of International Law by Charles Herbert Stockton (1914)
"The first or preliminary stage is now named as that of insurgency and takes place shortly after the appeal to arms; the second is when the insurrection has ..."

5. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1906)
"This leads us to the question of insurgency, which we will now discuss. insurgency. What constitutes insurgency and what rights are to be accorded ..."

6. The Doctrine of Intervention by Henry Green Hodges (1915)
"RECOGNITION OF insurgency When, if ever, does the recognition of insurgency justify the appellation of an intervention? In the first place it would be well ..."

7. Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of England by Isaac Disraeli (1851)
"THE ARTS OF insurgency. execution, and marching in open insurrection under the eye of the Sovereign. We cannot account for this extraordinary change, ..."

8. The Principles of International Law by Thomas Joseph Lawrence (1910)
"It has been called insurgency, and matters would be simplified if the official acknowledgment of its existence were called recognition of insurgency.2 §143 ..."

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