upsurgen.
/ˈʌpsəːdʒ/, U.S. /ˈəpˌsərdʒ/ 1. A sudden rise or increase of feeling.
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the mind > emotion > [noun] > rising of emotion
rising (up) of one's or the heart?a1475
flushinga1680
swell1702
swelling1709
wave1851
upsurge1928
1928 Catholic Times 11 May 11/5 His books are an upsurge of primitive passion.
1944 D. Welch Jrnl. 20 June (1973) 123 I remember..saying, ‘That's a wonderful poem,’ and his vital upsurge of agreement.
1958 Times 28 June 9/3 There has been a great upsurge of interest in recent years in regal pelargoniums.
1971 Times 22 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vii/2 More recently there has been a noisy upsurge of English-Canadian nationalism in Toronto.
2. An uprising, an insurrection.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection
uparisingc1325
rebelliona1382
risingc1390
risec1400
surrectionc1418
rebela1425
upsetc1425
insurrection1459
mutinewe?c1550
revolt1553
tumult1560
emotion1562
sedition1585
uprising1587
innovation1601
esmeute1652
turgency1660
émeute1782
outbreak1826
uprisal1871
upsurge1930
1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 4 Feb. 7/5 The beginnings of a widespread revolutionary upsurge..are visualised in a proclamation issued by the Red International.
1937 E. Lyons Assignment in Utopia (1938) ii. ii. 68 The Chinese heritage asserted itself. [Eugene] Chen traveled to the land of his forebears and, without knowing its language, became a leader in the revolutionary upsurge.
1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 291 Political machinery for collective leadership to guarantee the revolutionary upsurge.
3. A sharp rise in economic activity, demand, prices, etc.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > rapid or sharp increase
mushroom growth1727
skyrocketing1821
wave1851
jump1883
mushrooming1916
bump-up1927
upsurgence1934
upsurge1935
explosion1953
surge1964
quantum jump1975
quantum leap1977
1935 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Apr. 8/2 A sharp upsurge in the postal receipts at Denver.
1955 Times 14 July 13/1 It was hardly to be expected that the paint industry could fail to share in the general upsurge of industrial activity over the past 18 months.
1962 Listener 7 June 980/2 The speediest possible upsurge in the production of meat and milk.
1974 Guardian 25 Jan. 14/1 An upsurge in exports this year has boosted the national output by 6·9 per cent.
1985 Times 8 Jan. 17/2 Distillers Co...was another to fail to join the upsurge.
4. A rapid growth in number or size.
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1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. 161 The sudden upsurge..is witnessed precisely by Hakluyt.
1974 Sunday Post (Glasgow) 31 Mar. 9/1 In this year of strife there's been an upsurge of Scots wanting to emigrate.
5. literal. A surging upwards.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > other types of upward movement
upspringingc1400
insurgea1575
upsend1842
upwelling1868
uprush1871
uprising1874
upwhirling1877
uprolla1885
upshoot1898
upsweep1898
kick-up1907
upsurge1969
1969 Daily Tel. 5 Feb. 1/8 There was such an upsurge of gas that 14 surplus workmen were evacuated by helicopter. But then the safety valve clicked in.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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