sedition
Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state,…Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
» Sedition laws are usually used to persecute peaceful left-wing activists.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
Aufwiegelung, Verhetzung, Volksverhetzung
седи́цияsedícija, подстрека́тельствоpodstrekátelʹstvo
(countable, uncountable)Insurrection or rebellion.
Aufruhr
мяте́жmjatéž, восста́ниеvosstánije
- an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
Examples
3 sentencesSedition laws are usually used to persecute peaceful left-wing activists.
Hatreds, dissensions, discords, seditions, and wars are born from desires.
As when in mighty multitudes bursts out / sedition, and the wrathful rabble rave; / rage finds them arms; stones, firebrands fly about.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (aFrom Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) (an alternative form of sē-) + itiō (“going”).
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Forms
plural: seditionsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable