sedition
noun/sɪˈdɪʃn/
/sɪˈdɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the use of words or actions that are intended to encourage people to oppose a government synonym insurrection
- to be charged with sedition
- sedition laws
- to commit sedition
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘violent strife’): from Old French, or from Latin seditio(n-), from sed- ‘apart’ + itio(n-) ‘going’ (from the verb ire).
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