counterinsurgent

1. 1.

   of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency

Questions about counterinsurgent

What does counterinsurgent mean?

counterinsurgent means "of or relating or characteristic of actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency".

How many syllables are in counterinsurgent?

counterinsurgent has 5 syllables: coun-te-rin-sur-gent. The stress falls on "rin".

Is counterinsurgent a common word?

counterinsurgent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.