insurreição — meaning in English
Portuguese → English · translate English → Portuguese instead
English meaning
- insurrection noun A violent uprising by part of a population against its government.
- rebellion noun Organized, often violent resistance against a government or ruling power.
Senses
insurreição is used for these senses in English:
- insurrection (uncountable) The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
- rebellion (uncountable) Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
rebellion — full definition
- noun Organized, often violent resistance against a government or ruling power.
- noun Open defiance of authority or control, in a broader or more personal sense.