Insurrectional (Adjective)
Meaning
Of or relating to or given to insurrection.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The activist group was labeled insurrectional by the government for its tactics and message.
- Historians characterized the people's rebellion against the colonial regime as insurrectional, rather than purely a quest for reform.
- Local police treated any sort of social uprising with insurrectional rhetoric with increased skepticism.
- Governments worried about terrorism regarded protest activities at large global meetings with increased caution for appearing potentially insurrectional.
- France condemned that this call in Eastern Turkistan be portrayed insurrectional struggle