insurrectionary

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English

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Etymology

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From insurrection +‎ -ary.

Adjective

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insurrectionary (comparative more insurrectionary, superlative most insurrectionary)

  1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection.
    The brutal crackdown on protests has only served to galvanize the insurrectionary mood in the country.
    • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 31:
      Politics, as the adage goes, is first experienced at home, and the autocratic Dr Gallo had ruled his household in a manner that was so oppressive and so patently unjust that Tony had grown used to thinking of himself in insurrectionary terms.

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Noun

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insurrectionary (plural insurrectionaries)

  1. One who takes part in insurrection.