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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Late Latin
Origin: insurrectio, from Latin insurgere; INSURGENT

insurrection

 noun
     
Related topics: Government
in‧sur‧rec‧tion [uncountable and countable] formal
PG an attempt by a large group of people within a country to take control using force and violence [= rebellion]
insurrection against
an armed insurrection against the party in power
—insurrectionist noun [countable]
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