Insurrectionalist

English

Etymology

insurrectional +‎ -ist

Proper noun

Insurrectionalist (plural Insurrectionalists)

1. A member of the insurrectional faction of the FSLN that defeated Anastasio Somoza García on 1979.
   • 1988, Joshua Muravchik, News Coverage of the Sandinista Revolution, →ISBN, page 31:

     The Insurrectionalists faction, led by brothers Daniel and Humberto Ortega and Mexican-born Victor Tirado, gradually assumed international prominence as the group most capable of waging direct war against Somoza.

   • 1988, Thomas P. Anderson, Politics in Central America, →ISBN:

     While the Insurrectionalists did seek aid from various sectors, their reputation as moderates was an illusion.

   • 1993, Greg Dawes, Aesthetics and Revolution: Nicaraguan Poetry, 1979-1990, →ISBN, page 191:

     The GPP and the Insurrectionalists were particularly influenced by Sandino's nationalist and moral (not scientific) movement.

   • 1996, Stephanie Linkogle, Gender, Practice, and Faith in Nicaragua:

     The situation changed in 1976 when a third distinct faction within the FSLN emerged, the Terceristas or Insurrectionalists.

Synonyms

• Tercerista