Where's My Thesarus?

[stickmaker]

Okay, it's a junta after it takes power, but what's it called while still in the plotting stage?

Looking for a single word for a group plotting some anti-government act, perhaps a takeover by force.

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[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Conspiracy?

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

My, that was quick. :-)

This is for a novel, and there _is_ a conspiracy, but the leader is making the point - and the distinction - that its purpose isn't to overthrow the government, but to perform a non-violent act the government opposes which the group thinks is necessary. I'm currently using "revolutionary" for what he's saying they aren't, but wondering if there isn't a specific word or term closer to what I mean.

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Eh, just timing. After a glance at the mini-thesaurus I keep at work, the following words pop out: resistance, rebellion, mutiny. Ladies sewing circle & terrorist society?

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Heh. That last one sounds very _Moon is a Harsh Mistress_-esque. :-)

Some good suggestions. I think I'll have to let what people have sent and what I've found on my own sit and perk for a while before I decide what to actually use.

The novel is about the first interstellar colony, created by a group who are so fed up with having their lives regimented and restricted by a bureaucracy with no outside oversight that they plan to leave Earth. Others are helping without planning to go themselves, in the hopes that this will shake things up back home.

[scarfman]

Coup [d'etat]?

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Still doesn't quite fit.

[boss-hoss.livejournal.com]

Cabal?

[stickmaker.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm, maybe. Will look it up.

Okay, that describes the group in the story. Now I need a word which doesn't. :-)