sedition

sedition

See also: sédition

English

WOTD – 31 January 2010

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈdɪ.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

sedition (countable and uncountable, plural seditions)

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

Derived terms

• seditious conspiracy

Related terms

• seditious

Translations

incitement

Arabic: تَحْرِيض‎ m (taḥrīḍ) Chinese: Mandarin: 煽動／煽动 (zh) (shāndòng) Dutch: opruiing (nl) f Hebrew: הסתה‎ (he) f (hasatá) Hungarian: lázítás (hu) Japanese: 扇動 (ja) (せんどう, sendō) Korean: 선동 (ko) (seondong) Finnish: kansankiihotus, kapinaan yllyttäminen German: Aufwiegelung f, Verhetzung f, Volksverhetzung (de) f Latin: sēditiō f Malayalam: രാജ്യദ്രോഹം (rājyadrōhaṃ) Norwegian: Bokmål: oppvigleri (no) n Russian: седи́ция f (sedícija) (legalese), подстрека́тельство (ru) n (podstrekátelʹstvo) (incitement) Swedish: uppvigling (sv) c Vietnamese: sự xúi giục nổi loạn

insurrection or rebellion

Afrikaans: opstand Arabic: فِتْنَة‎ (ar) (fitna) Bulgarian: въстание (bg) n (vǎstanie), метеж (bg) m (metež) Catalan: sedició (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 叛亂／叛乱 (zh) (pànluàn) Danish: oprør n Dutch: opstand (nl), opruiing (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kapina (fi), kansannousu (fi) French: sédition (fr) f, révolte (fr) f, Galician: sedición (gl) f German: Aufruhr (de) m Greek: στάση (el) f (stási) Hebrew: המרדה‎ f (hamradá) Hungarian: lázadás (hu), zendülés (hu) Ido: sedicio (io) Italian: sedizione (it) f Japanese: 暴動 (ja) (ぼうどう, bōdō) Korean: 폭동 (ko) (pokdong) Latin: sēditiō f Malayalam: പ്രകോപനം (ml) (prakōpanaṃ) Norwegian: Bokmål: opprør (no) n Occitan: sedicion (oc) f Polish: rokosz (pl) m, bunt (pl) m Portuguese: sedição (pt) f, revolta (pt) f, motim (pt) m Russian: мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž), восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije) Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealachadh m Spanish: sedición (es) f Swedish: uppvigling (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: cuộc nổi loạn (vi), cuộc dấy loạn (vi)

See also

• mutiny

Anagrams

• desition, editions, noetiids, tineoids