sedition

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /səˈdɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #33548

Meanings

1

noun
Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.

That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
2

noun
an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
3

noun
Insurrection or rebellion.

Thesaurus

Word family

Derived forms seditionaryseditionist

Related forms mutiny seditious

Etymology

From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (an alternative form of sē-) + itiō (“going”).

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# sedition

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səˈdɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 33548

## Meanings
1. Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
2. an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
3. Insurrection or rebellion.

## Examples
- That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.

## Derived Forms
- seditionary
- seditionist

## Related Forms
- mutiny
- seditious

## Etymology
From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (an alternative form of sē-) + itiō (“going”).

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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