People who oppose or work against armed rebellions and uprisings against government authority.
From anti- + insurrectionist + -s (plural). Insurrectionist derives from insurrection (Latin insurgere, to rise up). The term categorizes those ideologically opposed to rebellion.
Throughout history, this term applied to different sides depending on politics—American colonists were called insurrectionists by Britain but antiinsurrectionists celebrated the government suppressing the 1921 Tulsa uprising.
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