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
Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
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Austin Sarat,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution.
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Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
Stephen Miller is now calling Minnesota protesters insurrectionists, while the January 6th mobs were considered peaceful protesters and tourists.
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Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
The President and his advisers have called those opposing them in Minnesota radical lunatics, domestic terrorists, and outright insurrectionists.
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Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
The guns stay on store shelves, insurrectionists get pardoned, and pundits keep telling leftists to stop talking about trans rights.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
Kinzinger goes on to say that when the insurrectionist is one of their own, the rules are different.
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Tom Jurkowsky,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Aug. 2025
Austin Sarat,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
People's Liberation Army troops under Mao's control either ignored the violence or offered support to the insurrectionists while the country descended into lawlessness and retribution.
—
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
Stephen Miller is now calling Minnesota protesters insurrectionists, while the January 6th mobs were considered peaceful protesters and tourists.
—
Dp Opinion,
Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2026
The President and his advisers have called those opposing them in Minnesota radical lunatics, domestic terrorists, and outright insurrectionists.
—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
15 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insurrectionist
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Gillespie also has a reputation for melding music to movies, as seen in Cruella, his 2021 movie that cast Disney villainess Cruella de Vil as a punk rock rebel in London’s fashion scene.
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The winner is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, the former president whose government in the 1990s defeated the Shining Path extremist rebel group but also took an authoritarian turn.
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Gray is endorsed by Kansas City’s branch of the Democratic Socialists of America, and represents the insurgent left flank of the Democratic Party in the race.
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Out went what was left of country-club Republicanism; in came the Fifth Avenue insurgent and his MAGA hordes.
Noun
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Good luck with that message in flyover country when the revolutionaries don’t enjoy the advantages of light-turnout primaries.
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Many became meeting places for the Founding Fathers and other revolutionaries as tensions with Britain grew.
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“Insurrectionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insurrectionist. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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