insurgencies
Revolts against governments
Insurgencies is the plural of insurgency—organized rebellions against established authority, typically a government.
The term implies sustained, often armed resistance by groups operating outside conventional military structures: The region has seen multiple insurgencies over the past decade.
Unlike a coup, which aims for quick seizure, insurgencies are prolonged campaigns.
Irregular armed fighter
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- militantsAggressive advocates for causes
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- skirmishesBrief, minor combat engagements
ambushes · raids · paramilitary · hostilities · clashes · battles · siege · tactics
Violent governmental overthrow
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
- liberationRelease from constraint
uprising · rebellion · insurrection · mutiny · power vacuum · junta · provisional government · civil war
Violent disturbance or confusion
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- unrestState of public disturbance
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
fragility · destabilization · power vacuum · failed state · lawlessness · displacement · refugees · humanitarian crisis
Open resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
clandestine · sabotage · subversion · propaganda · recruitment · safe houses · smuggling · supply lines
Pursuit of sweeping change
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
- jihadismArmed struggle ideology
separatism · extremism · fundamentalism · indoctrination · manifesto · cause · grievances · mobilization
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- militantsAggressive advocates for causes
- combatArmed hostile engagement
skirmishes · ambushes · raids · paramilitary · hostilities · clashes · battles · siege · tactics · frontline
revolution
Violent governmental overthrow
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- regime changeReplacement of governing power
liberation · uprising · rebellion · insurrection · mutiny · power vacuum · junta · provisional government · civil war · secession
turmoil
Violent disturbance or confusion
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- unrestState of public disturbance
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
crisis · fragility · destabilization · power vacuum · failed state · lawlessness · displacement · refugees · humanitarian crisis · collapse
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- civil disobediencePeaceful refusal to obey
underground · clandestine · sabotage · subversion · propaganda · recruitment · safe houses · smuggling · supply lines · sympathizers
radicalism
Pursuit of sweeping change
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- MaoismPeasant-centered communist doctrine
jihadism · separatism · extremism · fundamentalism · indoctrination · manifesto · cause · grievances · mobilization · recruitment
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- Southeast AsiaVietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
- Cold WarBerlin Wall, Iron Curtain, arms race, Warsaw Pact, Cuban Missile Crisis
- geopoliticsbalance of power, bipolarity, bloc, blocs, brinkmanship
- Latin American WarsFalklands War, Mexican Revolution, Cuban Revolution, Haitian Revolution, civil wars
- Naga cultureNagaland, Chang, jhum cultivation, feather headdress, dao
insurgenciesstability
Resistance to displacement
peace · civil order · political stability · social harmony · pacification
insurgent, resurgence, resurgent, insurgency, insurgence, insurgents, counterinsurgency