Uprising Meaning
/ˈʌpˌɹaɪ̯zɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
nounA popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
verbpresent participle and gerund of uprise
Sentence Examples
The government acted boldly to deal with the outlaw uprising.
His analysis of the causes of the uprising was correct.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The violent ____ against the unfair government lasted for many long months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The military quickly suppressed the ____ in the capital city to ensure that several more and peace was restored today.
Word Origin & History
By surface analysis, uprise + -ing.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets. They also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies."
— 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2019, page 18:
"But in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017, a large audience of Americans finally saw the real beta uprising in the violent Nazi rally that shut the city down, terrorized the population, and culminated in the vehicular homicide of a local leftist woman"
— 2018, Corey Pein, Live Work Work Work Die, →ISBN:
"Racism courses through Donald Trump’s blood and is one of the foundational principles of his presidency. Which is why, when faced with one of the greatest uprisings against police brutality this nation has seen, a movement led by black people around the country and joined by all other people of color and white people as well, his only policy solution is to start a race war."
— 2020 June 2, David S. Cohen, “Donald Trump Is Trying to Start a Race War”, in Rolling Stone, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2020:
Explore More B2 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
The violent ____ against the unfair government lasted for many long months.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The military quickly suppressed the ____ in the capital city to ensure that several more and peace was restored today.