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Definition of Insurgence
1. Noun. An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.
Generic synonyms: Insurrection, Rebellion, Revolt, Rising, Uprising
Derivative terms: Insurgent
Definition of Insurgence
1. n. A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.
Definition of Insurgence
1. Noun. An uprising or rebellion; an insurrection ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insurgence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insurgence
Literary usage of Insurgence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"... the abundance and insurgence of life; the ceaseless struggle and endeavour,
which makes for self-preservation, self- assertion, and self-realisation, ..."
2. Christian Theology and Social Progress: The Bampton Lectures for 1905 by Frederick William Bussell (1907)
"... -worth and work : modern revolution where it has risen up from beneath, the
insurgence of a rudimentary sense of equity, a demand for partnership on ..."
3. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1904)
"... of Church Supremacy—insurgence of the European Nations against the Company.
WE have seen in the preceding chapters how Spain became dominant in Italy, ..."
4. Chaucer's England by William Brighty Rands (1869)
"The relation between the Protestantism of Wickliffe and the spirit of political
insurgence, when the insurgence is just, is easy to see. ..."
5. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1907)
"SIR, — Your Excellency's letter of the fourteenth instant came duly to hand ; in
answer thereto can only say, the whole force of the insurgence in the three ..."
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