Definitions for insurgency
ɪnˈsɜr dʒən siin·sur·gen·cy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. insurgency, insurgencenoun

   an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict

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1. insurgencynoun

   rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

   suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population

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1. Insurgency

   An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric nature: small irregular forces face a large, well-equipped, regular military force state adversary. Due to this asymmetry, insurgents avoid large-scale direct battles, opting instead to blend in with the civilian population (mainly in the countryside) where they gradually expand territorial control and military forces. Insurgency frequently hinges on control of and collaboration with local populations.An insurgency can be fought via counter-insurgency warfare, as well as other political, economic and social actions of various kinds. Due to the blending of insurgents with the civilian population, insurgencies tend to involve considerable violence against civilians (by the state and the insurgents). State attempts to quell insurgencies frequently lead to the infliction of indiscriminate violence, whereas rebel control of territory frequently involves violence against the civilian population.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.Sometimes there may be one or more simultaneous insurgencies (multipolar) occurring in a country. The Iraq insurgency is one example of a recognized government versus multiple groups of insurgents. Other historic insurgencies, such as the Russian Civil War, have been multipolar rather than a straightforward model made up of two sides. During the Angolan Civil War there were two main sides: MPLA and UNITA. At the same time, there was another separatist movement for the independence of the Cabinda region headed up by FLEC. Multipolarity extends the definition of insurgency to situations where there is no recognized authority, as in the Somali Civil War, especially the period from 1998 to 2006, where it broke into quasi-autonomous smaller states, fighting among one another in changing alliances.

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1. insurgency

   Insurgency is a rebellion or revolt against a government or other established authority, carried out by a group or movement that seeks to overthrow the existing political order, typically through non-conventional means such as guerrilla warfare, sabotage, or terrorism. It often involves prolonged, irregular conflict and is particularly associated with asymmetric warfare where one side is significantly less powerful than the other.

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1. Insurgencynoun

   a state of insurrection; an uprising; an insurrection

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1. 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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. insurgency

   The organized use of subversion and violence by a group or movement that seeks to overthrow or force change of a governing authority. Insurgency can also refer to the group itself.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insurgency in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insurgency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of insurgency in a Sentence

1. Zannah Umar Mustapha:

   Our thinking was that every other place should have been blocked so that the insurgency would be curtailed to a restricted area, but that has not been the case because the insurgents have been fleeing to other communities.

2. Ben Cardin:

   It was not controversial that Pakistan needs to modernize its air force and its counter insurgency and counter-terrorism activities, particularly in the mountainous territory of the border with Afghanistan.

3. Getty Images:

   A lot of countries in the free world and even private organizations will look for ways that they can support that insurgency or that resistance.

4. Paul Chambers:

   For a number of years, people have been speculating whether the elements involved in the insurgency in the south will be hitting other targets beyond the southern provinces, but we've never seen that happen. And it would be intriguing, if indeed there is any link, why this would happen now. almost all of the insurgent groups have been involved in a dialogue with the military government, so it's illogical for Paul Chambers to want to have a bomb.

5. Michael Kugelman:

   These high turnover issues increase the possibility that when U.S.-led forces leave Afghanistan for good, whenever that is, they will be leaving Afghan forces unable to fend off a still-ferocious insurgency.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=insurgency
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Insurgency
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurgency
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=insurgency
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf