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insurrectionalist

insurrectionalist adjective: pertaining to insurrectionalism. Also the alternative form of Insurrectionalist.

Adjective

insurrectionalist (comparative more insurrectionalist, superlative most insurrectionalist)

  1. Pertaining to insurrectionalism.
    • It is in this sense that one can say that this poem contributes to form and educate the insurrectionalist spirit as well as stimulate revolt against the oppressor.1964, Wacław Lednicki, Zygmunt Krasiński, Romantic Universalist, page 131
    • The insurrectionalist anarchists Chrissus and Odotheus argue that: 'In fact, it is this being [the multitude] that has power even when everything would seem to bear witness to the contrary.2012, Benjamin Noys, Persistence of the Negative, →ISBN, page 115

Noun

insurrectionalist (plural insurrectionalists)

  1. A proponent of insurrectionalism
    • For this reason the proletarians of our country have been so long divided in revolutionary syndicalists or insurrectionalists and reformists or evolutionarists.1910, International Federation of Trade Unions, International Report of the Trade Union Movement
    • Furthermore, it is rather artificial to try to make a clear distinction between 'putschists' and 'insurrectionalists' (the two tendencies were often merged together in individual leaders); the real line of demarcation should perhaps be drawn between those who saw the countryside as the proper...1978, Régis Debray, A critique of arms - Volume 2, page 43

Proper noun capitalized: Insurrectionalist

Insurrectionalist (plural Insurrectionalists)

  1. A member of the insurrectional faction of the FSLN that defeated Anastasio Somoza García on 1979.
    • The Insurrectionalists faction, led by brothers Daniel and Humberto Ortega and Mexican-born Victor Tirado, gradually assumed international prominence as the group most capable of waging direct war against Somoza.1988, Joshua Muravchik, News Coverage of the Sandinista Revolution, →ISBN, page 31
    • While the Insurrectionalists did seek aid from various sectors, their reputation as moderates was an illusion.1988, Thomas P. Anderson, Politics in Central America, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    Tercerista

Also used as

insurrectionalist is also the alternative form of Insurrectionalist.

insurrectionalist is also the alternative form of insurrectionist.

Synonyms of insurrectionalist

Forms of insurrectionalist

Adjective
comparativemore insurrectionalist
superlativemost insurrectionalist
Noun
pluralinsurrectionalists
Proper noun
pluralInsurrectionalists

Origin of insurrectionalist

From insurrectional + -ist.

Questions about insurrectionalist

What does insurrectionalist mean?
Insurrectionalist means pertaining to insurrectionalism.
What part of speech is insurrectionalist?
Insurrectionalist can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near insurrectionalist in the dictionary

  1. insurrecters
  2. insurrecting
  3. insurrection
  4. insurrectional
  5. insurrectionalism
  6. insurrectionalist
  7. insurrectionalists
  8. insurrectionally
  9. insurrectionaries
  10. insurrectionary
  11. insurrectionism

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