When there is an uprising, a group of people start fighting against the people who are in power in their country, because they want to bring about a political change. a popular uprising against the authoritarian government Isolated attacks in the north-east of the country have now turned into a full-scale uprising. = rebellion, revolt. an attempt by a group of people to change the government, laws etc in an area or country = rebellion. Paxton Boys uprising Tonghak Uprising Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Uprising