sedition

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state, usually by speech or writing.
2. (countable, uncountable) Insurrection or rebellion.

Synonyms

revolt

rebellion

insurrection

mutiny

insurgence

riot

insurgency

agitation

uprising

subversion

pose

resistance

revolution

stance

stand

standing

standstill

stasis

treason

trouble

unrest

posture

stop

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fitna

abetting

attitude

disturbance

incitement

indignation

layover

mutineer

outbreak

overthrow

Translations

sédition

sedición

opstand

Aufwiegelung

sedizione

sedició

muiterij

sedição

Aufruhr

στάση

sēditiō

seditio

opruiing

ανταρσία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɛˈdɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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