uprising
Masses rise up
An uprising is a rebellion or revolt against established authority, typically involving collective action by a group against those in power.
The word emphasizes the act of rising up—people who were subjugated asserting themselves against oppression.
The uprising was brutally suppressed by government forces.
Unlike revolution, uprising doesn't imply success or complete overthrow.
Organized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- overthrowForcible removal from power
sedition · insurgency · putsch · coup d'état · riot · upheaval · guerrilla · junta
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- activismDirect effort for reform
boycott · strike · sit-in · civil disobedience · grassroots · solidarity · picketing · mobilization
Release from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
deliverance · manumission · enfranchisement · abolition · decolonization · autonomy · unshackling · release
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- peasantryRural working class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
serfdom · underclass · stratification · oppression · exploitation · inequality · dispossession · landless
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
noncooperation · sabotage · underground · clandestine · refusal · insubordination · subversive · partisan
revolt
Organized resistance to power
overthrow · sedition · insurgency · putsch · coup d'état · riot · upheaval · guerrilla · junta · subversion
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
activism · boycott · strike · sit-in · civil disobedience · grassroots · solidarity · picketing · mobilization · petition
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
sovereignty · deliverance · manumission · enfranchisement · abolition · decolonization · autonomy · unshackling · release · revolution
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- bourgeoisieCapitalist ownership class
- peasantryRural working class
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
feudalism · serfdom · underclass · stratification · oppression · exploitation · inequality · dispossession · landless · working class
defiance
Open resistance to authority
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
disobedience · noncooperation · sabotage · underground · clandestine · refusal · insubordination · subversive · partisan · smuggling
- Revolutionrevolt, insurrection, overthrow, revolutionaries, rebellion
- historic momentsturning points, heroic act, triumphs, sacrifice, victories
- mutinymutiny, mutineer, mutinous, naval mutiny, revolt
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- Irish HistoryGreat Famine, Irish nationalism, Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
uprisingpeace
Freedom from disturbance
calm · order · stability · tranquility · harmony
uprisingnegotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
diplomacy · compromise · agreement · legislation · petition
uprisingsuppression
Forcible prevention or concealment
crackdown · repression · counterrevolution · pacification · subjugation
- slave uprisingsRebellions by enslaved people
- popular uprisingCollective revolt against authority
- robot uprisingMachines overthrowing human masters
- armed uprisingViolent revolt against authority
- peasant uprisingRural lower-class rebellion
- student uprisingCollective protest by learners