Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/December 27

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insurrection n (also figuratively)

(uncountable) 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. Today is Narodowy Dzień Zwycięskiego Powstania Wielkopolskiego (National Day of the Victorious Greater Poland Uprising), a new public holiday established this year commemorating the Greater Poland uprising which began on this date in 1918.

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