Insurrectionalist
English
Etymology
insurrectional + -ist
Proper noun
Insurrectionalist (plural Insurrectionalists)
- A member of the insurrectional faction of the FSLN that defeated Anastasio Somoza García on 1979.
- 1988, Joshua Muravchik, News Coverage of the Sandinista Revolution, →ISBN, page 31:
- The Insurrectionalists faction, led by brothers Daniel and Humberto Ortega and Mexican-born Victor Tirado, gradually assumed international prominence as the group most capable of waging direct war against Somoza.
- 1988, Thomas P. Anderson, Politics in Central America, →ISBN:
- While the Insurrectionalists did seek aid from various sectors, their reputation as moderates was an illusion.
- 1993, Greg Dawes, Aesthetics and Revolution: Nicaraguan Poetry, 1979-1990, →ISBN, page 191:
- The GPP and the Insurrectionalists were particularly influenced by Sandino's nationalist and moral (not scientific) movement.
- 1996, Stephanie Linkogle, Gender, Practice, and Faith in Nicaragua:
- The situation changed in 1976 when a third distinct faction within the FSLN emerged, the Terceristas or Insurrectionalists.
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Synonyms
- Tercerista