surgentadj.n.
/ˈsəːdʒənt/ A. adj.
1.
a. Rising or swelling in waves, or as a flood or spring; surging. literal and figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > moving upwards
uprisinga1300
risingc1450
ascensial?1504
mountant1525
mounting1550
orienta1560
ascendant1591
surgenta1592
stying1593
ambitiousc1595
arising1605
ascensive1646
subliming1666
ascending1667
ascensional1753
upmounting1794
rearing1816
upcoming1835
aspirant1845
insurrectionary1864
upgoing1896
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating > violently or heavily
surgy1582
surgenta1592
surging1603
surged1635
a1592 R. Greene Comicall Hist. Alphonsus (1599) i. sig. A4 When the surgent seas Haue ebde their fill, then waues do rise againe.
1854 G. A. Sala Dutch Pict. vii Her voice is melancholy and tristfully surgant [sic].
1887 G. Meredith Ballads & Poems 151 The surgent springs Of recollections.
1896 G. A. Smith Bk. Twelve Prophets (1900) I. 105 A Deity who is not only manifest Character, but surgent and importunate Feeling.
b. gen. Rising, ascending.
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1885 G. MacDonald Diary Old Soul Oct. 31 My surgent thought shoots lark-like up to thee.
c. Psychology. A term used by the psychologist Raymond Bernard Cattell (1905–98), in his factorial analysis of personality, to designate a type characterized by resourcefulness and responsiveness considered as a distinct source trait.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > psychology of types > [adjective] > responsive
surgent1933
1933 R. B. Cattell in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 326 The essence of the temperament is expressible by some term conveying the idea of ‘leaping’ or ‘rising up’ with facility. ‘Repressed’ and ‘Unrepressed’ convey more than we are entitled to infer at present... The word ‘Surgent’, from the Latin surgo, seems most aptly to express the quality which the tests reveal.
1940 J. Bowlby Personality & Mental Illness v. 71 This division corresponds roughly to the division of surgent personalities into good- and bad-tempered.
1968 Psychol. Abstr. XLII. 68/2 Findings..gave more significance to the covariances between ‘surgent’ character traits and inventive factors.
2. Geology. Applied by H. D. Rogers to the fifth of his fifteen divisions of the palæozoic formations in the Appalachian chain, synonymous with the Clinton group of North America, and partly corresponding to the Middle Silurian of Europe.
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1858 H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylvania I. 106.
One who (or that which) rises in rebellion or opposition; cf. insurgent n. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > insurgent
inriser1382
rebeller1398
riser1422
rebelc1425
rebelliona1460
rioter1543
revolter1576
outbreakerc1650
upriser1656
surgent1657
insurrector1667
insurrectionera1734
insurgent1766
insurrectionist1845
reb1861
insurrectionary1893
insurrecto1907
1657 F. Cockin Divine Blossomes 107 If thou art spoused unto Christ, O soul, each surgent I'll controule.
Derivatives
ˈsurgency n. the attribute possessed by the surgent personality (see sense A. 1c).
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > psychology of types > [noun] > responsiveness
surgency1933
1933 R. B. Cattell in Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Jan. 327 The amount of [trait] ‘c’ possessed by any individual could be referred to as the degree of Surgency.
1940 J. Bowlby Personality & Mental Illness v. 70 The hypomanic personality has much surgency.
1952 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. May 153 The range covered is very comprehensive, including such recent words as..narcoanalysis, surgency and tele.
1973 R. B. Cattell Personality & Mood i. 10 Intelligence, ego strength, surgency, and characterological anxiety..are source traits.
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