insurrectional
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- insurrectionalism noun
- insurrectionalist noun
- insurrectionally adverb
Example Sentences
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“France is more fractured than ever, trapped between the insurrectional demagogy of the extreme left and the confused impotence of the government.”
From Washington Post
The defendants claim that decision has made it harder to challenge the rebellion charge, which rests on the presence of violence on an insurrectional scale.
From Washington Post
How can educational and pedagogical practices be connected to the resurrection of historical memory, new modes of solidarity, a resurgence of the radical imagination and broad-based struggles for an insurrectional democracy?
From Salon
For something more recent, there are David Hammons’s insurrectional shrouded “Tarp” paintings.
From New York Times
“We are in a situation that is almost insurrectional,” Mélenchon said in weekend interview on a French television station.
From Los Angeles Times
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