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/

• Audio (General Australian):

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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

• seditionary
• seditionist
• seditious conspiracy

Related terms

• seditious

Translations

incitement

• Arabic: تَحْرِيض m (taḥrīḍ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煽動／煽动 (zh) (shāndòng)

• Dutch: opruiing (nl) f
• Finnish: kansankiihotus, kapinaan yllyttäminen
• German: Aufwiegelung (de) f, Verhetzung f, Volksverhetzung (de) f
• Hebrew: הסתה (he) f (hasatá)
• Hungarian: lázítás (hu)
• Japanese: 扇動 (ja) (せんどう, sendō)
• Korean: 선동 (ko) (seondong)
• Latin: sēditiō f
• Malayalam: രാജ്യദ്രോഹം (rājyadrōhaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppvigleri (no) n

• Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne)
• Russian: седи́ция f (sedícija) (legalese), подстрека́тельство (ru) n (podstrekátelʹstvo) (incitement)
• Swedish: uppvigling (sv) c
• Ukrainian: підбу́рювання до за́колоту n (pidbúrjuvannja do zákolotu, literally “incitement to rebellion”)
• 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) (prakōpanaṁ)
• 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