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insurrectionary

[in-suh-rek-shuh-ner-ee] / ˌɪn səˈrɛk ʃəˌnɛr i /
NOUN
rebel
Synonyms
WEAK
agitator anarchist antagonist apostate demagogue deserter disectarian dissenter experientialist experimenter frondeur guerrilla heretic iconoclast independent individualist innovator insurgent insurrectionist malcontent mutineer nihilist nonconformist opponent overthrower recreant renegade resistance revolter revolutionary revolutionist rioter schismatic secessionist seditionist separatist subverter traitor turncoat

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"The defendant is deemed to have played a significant role in the insurrectionary acts of Yoon and others by ensuring, at least formally, compliance with the procedural requirement," Judge Lee said in a televised sentencing.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

He added that Tchiroma Bakary's "accomplices responsible for an insurrectionary plan" will also face legal action.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

He set the insurrectionary tone in the show’s opening sequence, taking a box cutter to a mock-up of Botticelli’s “Venus and Mars” and slicing out the portrait of Venus.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2017

Fingersmith is about, among other things, the insurrectionary freedom to be found in invisibility.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2016

No doubt the bidding was given in view of a turbulent or insurrectionary spirit among the Israelites in Rome, but it is given without explanation or limit.

From The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks