sedition

See also: sédition

English

WOTD – 31 January 2010

Etymology

From Old French sedicion, from Latin sēditiō (“sedition, discord”), from sēd- (“apart”) + 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 (zh), 煽动 (zh) (shāndòng)

• Dutch: opruiing (nl) f
• Hebrew: הסתה‎ (he) f (hasatá)
• Japanese: 扇動 (せんどう, sendō)
• Korean: 선동 (ko) (seondong)

• Finnish: kansankiihotus, kapinaan yllyttäminen
• German: Aufwiegelung f, Verhetzung f, Volksverhetzung (de) f
• Latin: sēditiō f
• 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)
• Catalan: sedició (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 叛亂 (zh), 叛乱 (zh) (pànluàn)

• 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: please add this translation if you can
• Ido: sedicio (io)

• Italian: sedizione (it) f
• Japanese: 暴動 (ja) (ぼうどう, bōdō)
• Korean: 폭동 (ko) (pokdong)
• Latin: sēditiō f
• 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