Aug 2, 3:04 AM EDT VENEZUELA'S PRESIDENT SAYS NEW ASSEMBLY TO CONVENE SOON

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Definition of civil war

1. :  a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/civil%20war

a war between political factions or regions within the same country.

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A civil war, also known as an intrastate war in polemology,^[1] is a war between organized groups within the same state or country. The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region or to change government policies.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war

A civil war is a war in which parties within the same culture, society, or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power. Some civil wars are categorized as revolutions when major societal restructuring is a possible outcome of the conflict. An insurgency, whether successful or not, is likely to be classified as a civil war by historians if organized armies fight conventional battles.

A civil war is "a violent conflict within a country fought by organized groups that aim to take power at the center or in a region, or to change government policies."[1] Everyday usage of the term does not entail a clear threshold for how much violence is necessary to qualify a conflict as a civil war, as opposed to terrorism, or low-level political strife. Scholars use two criteria: the warring groups must be from the same country and fighting for control of the political center or a separatist state, or to force a major change in policy. Their second criterion is that at least 1,000 people must have been killed in total, with at least 100 from each side. Other social scientists, however, consider this casualty number rather low and prefer for instance a definition of an average of 1,000 people killed per year.

Ultimately the distinction between a "civil war" and a "revolution" or any other name may be arbitrary, and is determined by usage. However the distinction between a "civil war" and "revolution" can be recognizable. The successful civil war of the 1640s in England which led to the (temporary) overthrow of the monarchy represented by Charles I became known as the English Civil War, however it has also been described, by Marxists in particular, as the "English Revolution."