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i 1 n 1 s 1 u 1 r 1 r 1 e 1 c 3 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1

12 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another

originFrom Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise…

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