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Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can't be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege.
Michael Baumgartner

Meaning of "insurgent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INSURGENT

From Latin insurgēns rising upon or against, from insurgere to rise up, from surgere to rise.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INSURGENT

insurgent  [ɪnˈsɜːdʒənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INSURGENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Insurgent can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INSURGENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

insurgent

Insurgency

An insurgency is an armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents. An insurgency can be fought via counter-insurgency warfare, and may also be opposed by measures to protect the population, and by political and economic actions of various kinds aimed at undermining the insurgents' claims against the incumbent regime. The nature of insurgencies is an ambiguous concept. Not all rebellions are insurgencies. There have been many cases of non-violent rebellions, using civil resistance, as in the People Power Revolution in the Philippines in the 1980s that ousted President Marcos and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Where a revolt takes the form of armed rebellion, it may not be viewed as an insurgency if a state of belligerency exists between one or more sovereign states and rebel forces. For example, during the American Civil War, the Confederate States of America was not recognized as a sovereign state, but it was recognized as a belligerent power, and thus Confederate warships were given the same rights as United States warships in foreign ports.

Definition of insurgent in the English dictionary

The first definition of insurgent in the dictionary is rebellious or in revolt, as against a government in power or the civil authorities. Other definition of insurgent is a person who takes part in an uprising or rebellion; insurrectionist. Insurgent is also a person or group that rises in revolt against an established government or authority but whose conduct does not amount to belligerency.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INSURGENT


abstergent
əbˈstɜːdʒənt
allegiant
əˈliːdʒənt
argent
ˈɑːdʒənt
assurgent
əˈsɜːdʒənt
convergent
kənˈvɜːdʒənt
counterinsurgent
ˌkaʊntərɪnˈsɜːdʒənt
detergent
dɪˈtɜːdʒənt
divergent
daɪˈvɜːdʒənt
emergent
ɪˈmɜːdʒənt
margent
ˈmɑːdʒənt
nonurgent
ˌnɒnˈɜːdʒənt
preemergent
ˌpriːɪˈmɜːdʒənt
regent
ˈriːdʒənt
resurgent
rɪˈsɜːdʒənt
Sargent
ˈsɑːdʒənt
sergeant
ˈsɑːdʒənt
serjeant
ˈsɑːdʒənt
surgent
ˈsɜːdʒənt
turgent
ˈtɜːdʒənt
urgent
ˈɜːdʒənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INSURGENT

insurance scheme
insurance stamp
insurance underwriter
insurancer
insurant
insure
insured
insurer
insurgence
insurgency
insurgently
insurmountability
insurmountable
insurmountableness
insurmountably
insurrection
insurrectional
insurrectionary
insurrectionism
insurrectionist

WORDS THAT END LIKE INSURGENT

agent
cationic detergent
contingent
diligent
dirigent
estate agent
exigent
free agent
gent
indulgent
insurance agent
intelligent
negligent
reagent
real-estate agent
release agent
secret agent
stringent
tangent
travel agent

Synonyms and antonyms of insurgent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INSURGENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «insurgent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of insurgent

Translation of «insurgent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INSURGENT

Find out the translation of insurgent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of insurgent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «insurgent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

起义者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

insurgente
570 millions of speakers

English

insurgent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विद्रोही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التمرد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

боевик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

insurgente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিদ্রোহী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insurgé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pemberontak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufständische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

反抗分子
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반란자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Insurgent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dâng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிளர்ச்சிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंडखोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

isyancı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

insorto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powstaniec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бойовик
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

insurgent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανταρτών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oproerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

insurgent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opprørs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of insurgent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INSURGENT»

The term «insurgent» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.457 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INSURGENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about insurgent

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QUOTES WITH «INSURGENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word insurgent.
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Michael Baumgartner
Really, running an underdog, insurgent political campaign against an opponent many folks think can't be beat, and going out and meeting folks and talking about your ideas for America and Washington, is a lot of fun and a real privilege.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INSURGENT»

Discover the use of insurgent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to insurgent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Insurgent:
Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future.
Veronica Roth, 2012
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Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence
This book presents a theory that accounts for the different strategies pursued by rebel groups in civil war, explaining why patterns of insurgent violence vary so much across conflicts.
Jeremy M. Weinstein, 2006
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Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868-1898
In the late nineteenth century, in an age of ascendant racism and imperial expansion, there emerged in Cuba a movement that unified black, mulatto, and white men in an attack on Europe's oldest empire, with the goal of creating a nation ...
Ada Ferrer, 1999
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Divergent
This first book in Veronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling Divergent trilogy is the novel the inspired the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet.
Veronica Roth, 2011
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Poetry as Insurgent Art
In this work, he offers--in prose--what poetry is, could be, and should be.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 2007
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The Insurgent Barricade
From its origins in sixteenth-century Paris to its culmination in the 1848 revolution, and from France to all of Europe, this memorable book is a model of how history and social science can be creatively combined to demonstrate how a key ...
Mark Traugott, 2010
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Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and ...
This book examines the insurgence of democratic citizenship in the urban peripheries of São Paulo, Brazil, its entanglement with entrenched systems of inequality, and its contradiction in violence.
James Holston, 2008
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Insurgent: Book 2 of America's Future
Insurgent is the riveting sequel to the surprise bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future.
Charles Sheehan-Miles, 2014
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Insurgent Public Space: Guerrilla Urbanism and the Remaking ...
With nearly twenty illustrated case studies, this volume shows how instances of insurgent public space occur across the world.
Jeffrey Hou, 2010
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Insurgent Muse: Life and Art at the Woman's Building
An artist's memoir of her years at the Woman's Building, pivotal institution of West Coast cultural feminism.
Terry Wolverton, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INSURGENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term insurgent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Exclusive: In Insurgent Miles Teller is an opportunistic, power … - HitFix
Even jerks have motivations and desires. They just don't always align with those of the heroes. Such is the case of Miles Teller's character ... «HitFix, Jul 15»
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Insurgent's Shailene Woodley talks filming truth serum scene
When Insurgent comes out on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital HD, fans will be treated to over four hours of bonus content featuring all of their favorite ... «Hypable, Jul 15»
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Top southern insurgent paroled | Bangkok Post: news
The government has released a former key figure in the southern insurgency on parole in hopes that he might help with efforts to restore peace ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
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Babangida Cries Out Over Rise In Insurgent Attacks
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), has lamented the continuous killings by members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, therefore calling ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
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Child actors 'risked injury' during 'chaotic' Divergent battle scene shoot
Naomi Watts as Evelyn in a scene from the second film in the Divergent Series, Insurgent. Photograph: Andrew Cooper/AP. Ben Child. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Insurgent Stars Shailene Woodley And Theo James Play The …
They're the leading stars of 'Insurgent', a film based on diving a post-apocalyptic world into factions based on their personality traits. So you'd ... «Yahoo Celebrity UK, Jul 15»
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'Insurgent' Blu-ray Exclusive Clip: Watch How The Movie …
'Insurgent' arrives on Blu-ray and DVD Aug. 4. Check out this exclusive clip from a behind-the-scenes featurette to see how the film transformed ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
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Bernie Sanders Running Insurgent Campaign for Democratic Base …
Senator Bernie Sanders attracts the largest crowds of any 2016 presidential candidate and owns surges in the polls of early-voting states that ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»
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'The Vampire Diaries' season 7 spoilers: 'Insurgent' actor cast as …
In a post on Twitter, Justice Leak, whose credits include “Insurgent” as well as “Powers,” revealed that he is going to be a part of the first ... «CarterMatt.com, Jul 15»
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Tunisian Forces Kill 3 Senior Leaders of Insurgent Group
TUNIS — Tunisia's interior minister said security forces had killed three senior leaders of an insurgent group who were trying to establish an ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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