insurgency

noun | \ in-ˈsər-jən-sē \ | in·sur·gen·cy

1. : the quality or state of being insurgent; specifically : a condition of revolt against a recognized government that does not reach the proportions of an organized revolutionary government and is not recognized as belligerency : a condition of revolt against a recognized government that does not reach the proportions of an organized revolutionary government and is not recognized as belligerency