Insurgency

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Insurgence \In*sur"gence\, Insurgency \In*sur"gen*cy\, n.
     A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against
           the Court of Rome.                       --G. Eliot.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insurgency
       n : an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted
           government through the use of subversion and armed
           conflict [syn: {insurgence}]