Associations to the word «Uprising»

Wiktionary

UPRISING, noun. A popular revolt that attempts to overthrow a government or its policies; an insurgency or insurrection.
UPRISING, verb. Present participle of uprise

Dictionary definition

UPRISING, noun. Organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope