Home › Words › I › insurrectionalisminsurrectionalisminsurrectionalism means the belief that insurrection is the best way to achieve a communist or socialist revolution.EtymologyFrom insurrectional + -ism.nounThe belief that insurrection is the best way to achieve a communist or socialist revolution.e.g.“For a short time, insurrectionalism stood on the pedestal previously occupied in Latin America by the foquismo of Che, the people's war of Mao, and the electoral road of Allende.” — 1986, United States. Dept. of the Air Force, Air University review - Volume 37, Issue 5, page 83:A branch within the anarchist movement that eschews formal organizations such as political parties or labor unions and emphasizes insurrection.e.g.“Some saw in the Malatesta-Monatte clash nothing but the re-emergence of traditional insurrectionalism over the general strike.” — 2009, Maurizio Antonioli, Nestor McNab, The International Anarchist Congress: Amsterdam 1907, page 19:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.insurrectionary 73% match — Pertaining to, or characterized by, insurrection. vs insurrectionalism →insurrectionally 70% match — In terms of, or by means of, insurrection. vs insurrectionalism →insurgentism 68% match — insurgence vs insurrectionalism →insurrectionist 67% match — A person who provokes or takes part in an insurrection. vs insurrectionalism →insurrectory 65% match — Relating to insurrection. vs insurrectionalism →insurrectionize 64% match — To cause to rise up in insurrection. vs insurrectionalism →insurgence 63% match — An uprising or rebellion; an insurrection. vs insurrectionalism →insurrection 63% match — 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. vs insurrectionalism →