Sedition
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English
Noun
Sedition (plural Seditions)- The organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state.
- insurrection or rebellion
Related terms
Verbs for Sedition
convict of—; direct—; protest against—; seethe with—; —agitates; —arouses; —disorders; —disparages; —distracts; —disturbs; —incites; —offends; —prejudices; — upsets.
Thesaurus
action, agitation, alienation, collaboration, coup, disaffection, estrangement, extremism, factiousness, fifth-column activity, fomentation, fraternization, high treason, instigation, insurgence, insurgency, insurgentism, insurrection, insurrectionism, lese majesty, misprision of treason, mutinousness, mutiny, petty treason, protest, putsch, quislingism, rabble-rousing, rebellion, rebelliousness, revolt, revolution, riotousness, seditiousness, stirring up, strike, subversiveness, traitorousness, treachery, treason, treasonableness, uprising, whipping up
Etymology
From Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”) < sēd- (“apart”) + itiō (“going”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /sɛˈdɪ.ʃən/
