It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.
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Insurrectionist
Synonyms for "insurrectionist" (24 found)
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27 translations across 7 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ապստամբ noun (person who provokes insurrection)
German
4 entries- Aufrührer noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- Aufrührerin noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- Aufständische noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- Aufständische noun (person who provokes insurrection)
Italian
1 entries- insurrezionalista noun (person who provokes insurrection)
Polish
1 entries- powstaniec noun (person who provokes insurrection)
Russian
4 entries- бунта́рка noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- бунта́рь noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- бунтовщи́к noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- бунтовщи́ца noun (person who provokes insurrection)
Spanish
2 entries- insurgente noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- insurrecto noun (person who provokes insurrection)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бунта́р noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- бунта́рка noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- бунтівни́к noun (person who provokes insurrection)
- бунтівни́ця noun (person who provokes insurrection)
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Defining the mostly white crowd that stormed the Capitol on January 6 as “insurrectionists” does more than set a narrative mood, it represents a major narrative shift—expanding the traditional role of the insurrectionist beyond the Black actor to the white one.
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Right-wing social media users are amplifying questionable interpretations of some of the clips, claiming they show law enforcement officials helping the rioters storm the Capitol, with some FBI officials acting as insurrectionists, coining the term “fedsurrection.”
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The atmosphere was undeniably insurrectionist in nature, yet the police response was languid to the extent that one woman asked an officer when they would be leaving because "they have to fix up."
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