insurrectional
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- insurrectionalism noun
- insurrectionalist noun
- insurrectionally adverb
Example Sentences
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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
Though the patriotic ardor in Spain was undoubtedly great, and the patriotic uneasiness profound, the results of the general rising were insufficient, and came greatly short of the hopes of the insurrectional government.
From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by Guizot, M. (François)
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