Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insurrectionary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: in-sur-rec-tionary
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection.

noun

One who takes part in insurrection.

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree English insurrection Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English insurrectionary From insurrection + -ary.

Inflected Forms

more insurrectionary (comparative) most insurrectionary (superlative) insurrectionaries (plural)

Derived Forms

noninsurrectionary

Synonyms

rebellious seditious insurrectional

Questions

What does insurrectionary mean?: Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection.
Where does insurrectionary come from?: Etymology tree English insurrection Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English insurrectionary From insurrection + -ary.

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