insurgence

[ in-sur-juhns ]

noun

1. an act of rebellion; insurrection; revolt.

insurgence

/ ɪnˈsɜːdʒəns /

noun

1. rebellion, uprising, or riot

Word History and Origins

Origin of insurgence¹

First recorded in 1840–50; insurg(ent) + -ence

Example Sentences

But until matters drew to a crisis with Beatrice, there was an immense imaginative insurgence of a quite different quality.

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I caught sight of the occasional spire of a hollyhock, and smelt the acid insurgence of marigolds.

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Why is it that there is this blessed insurgence against corporation misrule there, and hardly a trace of it here?

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She struggled to control an insurgence of emotions that rose out of the deeps of her being.

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