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insurrectional

American  
[in-ser-ek-shuhn-uhl] / ˌɪn sərˈɛk ʃən əl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to an insurrection.


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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 Feb. 18, 2019

For something more recent, there are David Hammons’s insurrectional shrouded “Tarp” paintings.

From New York Times Dec. 20, 2018

He became a union negotiator and, in the early 1990s, a member of the MBR-200, the civilian wing of Chávez’s insurrectional military movement.

From The Guardian Jul. 29, 2017

Simultaneously there were insurrectional demonstrations against the treaty at Prostripa, ever a rallying point for the Moslems, who make up over two-thirds of Albania's population.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first insurrectional movement took place in the Peloponnesus at the end of March.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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