insurrection

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃ(ə)n/ Rhymes: -ɛkʃən Hyphenation: in‧sur‧rect‧ion === Noun === insurrection (countable and uncountable, plural insurrections) (also figuratively) (uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature. Synonyms: insurgency, mutiny, rebellion, rising ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === rebellion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnsurrēctiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.sy.ʁɛk.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === insurrection f (plural insurrections) insurgency, insurrection Synonym: soulèvement Near-synonyms: rébellion, révolte ==== Related terms ==== insurger résurrection === Further reading === “insurrection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012