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- [koun-ter-in-sur-juh n-see]
- /ˌkaʊn tər ɪnˈsɜr dʒən si/
- /ˌkɑːwn.tə.ˌrɪn.ˈsɜː.dʒən.si/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [koun-ter-in-sur-juh n-see]
- /ˌkaʊn tər ɪnˈsɜr dʒən si/
Definitions of counterinsurgency word
- noun counterinsurgency action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc 3
- noun counterinsurgency military and political action carried on to defeat an insurgency 3
- noun plural counterinsurgency a program or an act of combating guerrilla warfare and subversion. 1
- adjective counterinsurgency of, relating to, or designed for combating guerrilla warfare and subversion: counterinsurgency funds. 1
- noun counterinsurgency Military or political action taken against the activities of guerrillas or revolutionaries. 1
- noun counterinsurgency Any political or military action taken to defeat insurgency, especially during guerrilla warfare. 0
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Origin of counterinsurgency
First appearance:
before 1960 One of the 3% newest English words
First recorded in 1960-65; counter- + insurgency
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Parts of speech for Counterinsurgency
noun
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counterinsurgency popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for counterinsurgency
noun counterinsurgency
- retribution — requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
- attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- vengeance — infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge: But have you the right to vengeance?
- reprisal — (in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- counterblow — a retaliatory blow
Antonyms for counterinsurgency
noun counterinsurgency
- forgiveness — act of forgiving; state of being forgiven.
- pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- truce — a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
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