insurrectionists
Armed government opponents
Insurrectionists are people who participate in an insurrection—a violent uprising against an established authority or government.
The term gained renewed prominence after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
Capitol: The insurrectionists breached the building while Congress was in session.
Unlike protesters or rioters, insurrectionists specifically aim to overthrow or obstruct governmental power.
Armed opposition fighters
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- mutineersSailors who overthrow command
- seditionistsThose who incite revolt
coup · overthrow · uprising · putsch · junta · sedition · treason · subversion
Refusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
insubordination · rebellion · protest · recalcitrance · obstinacy · intransigence · contumacy · willfulness
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- anti-authoritarianOpposing absolute governmental control
- antiestablishmentOpposed to dominant institutions
- antigovernmentOpposed to state authority
- separatismAdvocacy for political breakaway
extremism · radicalism · nationalism · fanaticism · zealotry · fundamentalism · militancy · secession
rebels
Armed opposition fighters
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- mutineersSailors who overthrow command
seditionists · coup · overthrow · uprising · putsch · junta · sedition · treason · subversion · insurgency
disobedience
Refusal to follow orders
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- dissentDisagreement with authority
opposition · insubordination · rebellion · protest · recalcitrance · obstinacy · intransigence · contumacy · willfulness · unruliness
anarchism
Philosophy rejecting state authority
- anti-authoritarianOpposing absolute governmental control
- antiestablishmentOpposed to dominant institutions
- antigovernmentOpposed to state authority
separatism · extremism · radicalism · nationalism · fanaticism · zealotry · fundamentalism · militancy · secession · liberation
- AnarchistsGoldman, Emma Goldman, mutualists, collectivists, individualists
- Fringe ideologiesanarchism, extremism, radicalism, fascism, neo-Nazism
- Leftistssocialists, communists, Marxists, anarcho-communists, democratic socialists
- Political Groupsfaction, Republican Party, caucus, Democratic Party, wing
insurrectionistsloyalists
Faithful to established authority
royalists · counterrevolutionaries · constitutionalists · monarchists · Tories
insurrectionistspacifists
Those opposing all warfare
petitioners · reformists · moderates · diplomats · negotiators
insurrectionistslaw enforcement
Upholding legal codes
security forces · police · soldiers · national guard · peacekeepers