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INSURRECTION
Definition of INSURRECTION
noun
The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, INSURRECTION · 2 relatives in the game
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INSURRECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INSURRECTION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEIINNORRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, N and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start INSURREC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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