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Insurgence

noun
1.
An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict.  Synonym: insurgency.






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... impression to-day in the world of thought that Pragmatism is the most audacious of philosophic novelties, the most anarchical transvaluation of all respectable traditions. Sometimes it is pictured as an insurgence of emotion against logic, sometimes as an assault of theology upon the integrity of Pure Reason. One day it is described as the reckless theorizing of dilettanti whose knowledge of philosophy is too superficial to require ...
— Pragmatism • D.L. Murray



Words linked to "Insurgence" :   revolt, insurrection, rising, rebellion, insurgency, uprising



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