Synonyms for insurrection
ˌɪn səˈrɛk ʃənin·sur·rec·tion

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1. insurrection

   The essential idea of revolution is a change in the form of government or constitution, or a change of rulers, otherwise than as provided by the laws of succession, election, etc.; while such change is apt to involve armed hostilities, these make no necessary part of the revolution. The revolution by which Dom Pedro was dethroned, and Brazil changed from an empire to a republic, was accomplished without a battle, and almost without a shot. Anarchy refers to the condition of a state when human government is superseded or destroyed by factions or other causes. Lawlessness is a temper of mind or condition of the community which may result in anarchy. Confusion, disorder, riot, and tumult are incidental and temporary outbreaks of lawlessness, but may not be anarchy. Insubordination is individual disobedience. Sedition is the plotting, rebellion the fighting, against the existing government, but always with the purpose of establishing some other government in its place. When rebellion is successful it is called revolution; but there may be revolution without rebellion; as, the English Revolution of 1688. A revolt is an uprising against existing authority without the comprehensive views of change in the form or administration of government that are involved in revolution. Anarchy, when more than temporary disorder, is a proposed disintegration of society, in which it is imagined that social order might exist without government. Slaves make insurrection; soldiers or sailors break out in mutiny; subject provinces rise in revolt. Compare SOCIALISM.

   Synonyms:
   anarchy, confusion, disintegration, disorder, insubordination, lawlessness, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, riot, sedition, tumult

   Antonyms:
   authority, command, control, domination, dominion, empire, government, law, loyalty, obedience, order, rule, sovereignty, submission, supremacy

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1. insurrection

   Synonyms:
   rebellion, riot, rising, anarchy, tumult, mutiny, sedition, emeute, pronouncement, revolt

   Antonyms:
   law, peace, order, obedience, government, submission, subjection, servitude, bondage, subsidence, pacification, acquiescence

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1. rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprisingnoun

   organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

   Synonyms:
   rising, ascension, rise, rebellion, ascent, uprising, revolt

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1. insurrectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   rebellion, revolt, sedition, mutiny

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1. List of paraphrases for "insurrection":

   insurgency, uprising, rebellion, disobedience, revolt

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1. Jeff Angelo:

   Trying to call this an insurrection, and compare it to January 6th -- that, my friends, is just ridiculous. They went through the metal detectors, they got their temperatures checked, they had a right to protest. If some of'em got out of line -- then the state Capitol police did their job.

2. Jim McGovern:

   These metal detectors are manned by the same police officers who saved our lives during the insurrection while risking their own, some members on the other side have disrespected these Capitol Police officers, verbally abused them, pushed them aside and disregarded their orders -- all to avoid this basic safety measure. That is no way to treat our heroes.

3. Officer Daniel Hodges:

   In the days following the attempted insurrection, other Black officers shared with me their own stories of racial abuse on January 6.

4. Jamie Raskin:

   I don't think anybody would seriously argue that we should establish a precedent where every president on the way out the door has two weeks or three weeks or four weeks to try to incite an armed insurrection against the union, this was the most serious presidential crime in the history of the United States of America.

5. Ron Johnson:

   This didn't seem like an armed insurrection to me.