insurrectionary

English

Etymology

insurrection +‎ -ary

Adjective

insurrectionary (comparative more insurrectionary, superlative most insurrectionary)

1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection.

   The brutal crackdown on protests has only served to galvanize the insurrectionary mood in the country.

   • 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 31:

     Politics, as the adage goes, is first experienced at home, and the autocratic Dr Gallo had ruled his household in a manner that was so oppressive and so patently unjust that Tony had grown used to thinking of himself in insurrectionary terms.

Synonyms

• rebellious
• seditious

Noun

insurrectionary (plural insurrectionaries)

1. One who takes part in insurrection.