'Insurgency' definitions:
Definition of 'insurgency'
From: WordNet
noun
An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict [syn: insurgency, insurgence]
Definition of 'Insurgency'
From: GCIDE
- Insurgence \In*sur"gence\, Insurgency \In*sur"gen*cy\, n. A state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection. [1913 Webster]
- A moral insurgence in the minds of grave men against the Court of Rome. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]