as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
a would-be insurrectionist with a plan to bomb the capitol
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Recent Examples of insurrectionist
Reports began to filter in that insurrectionists, some of whom were believed to be armed and on a mission to kill, had breached the Capitol.
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Zach Fisch, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
The guns stay on store shelves, insurrectionists get pardoned, and pundits keep telling leftists to stop talking about trans rights.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
Recall the litigation over whether Trump could be disqualified from state ballots as an insurrectionist.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Kinzinger goes on to say that when the insurrectionist is one of their own, the rules are different.
—Tom Jurkowsky, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2025
Fragoso asked of the insurrectionists.
—EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
They can only be viewed as rebels or insurrectionists.
—Mark A. Graber, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurrectionist
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The London punk rebels seized the revolutionary spirit of 1977 with their raw manifesto The Clash, then refined their sound with the flawed Give ‘Em Enough Rope.—
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Meanwhile, over in Britain, a vibrant antiwar movement brought on motion after motion in Parliament to cease fire and end all offensive operations against the rebels.—
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While many are now driven primarily by economic interests, a subset retains insurgent, ant-imperialist commitments.—
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That could mean tightening sanctions on remaining power brokers, expanding strikes against security installations and militias, covertly supporting insurgent factions, and using Maduro’s prospective trial as a global stage on which to delegitimize Chavismo once and for all.—
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Her lead performance as Willa, the daughter of underground revolutionaries, has earned Infiniti nominations among multiple voting bodies including her first recognition at the Golden Globes.—
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The daughter of a Marxist revolutionary, Rodríguez relentlessly defended the Maduro regime against accusations of drug-trafficking and election-stealing.—
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“Insurrectionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurrectionist. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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