sedition

  • 51sedition — se·di·tion || sɪ dɪʃn n. provocation of dissent, act of promoting rebellion (especially against the government) …

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  • 53sedition — noun conduct or speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state or monarch. Derivatives seditious adjective seditiously adverb Origin ME (in the sense violent strife ): from OFr., or from L. seditio(n ), from sed apart + itio(n ) going …

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  • 54sedition — n. Insurrection, riot, rising, rebellion, revolt, tumult, mutiny, uproar …

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  • 55sedition — n 1. incitement, incitement to riot, inci tation, instigation, excitation, fomentation, agitation, firing, stirring, stirring up, whipping up, rabble rousing. 2. rebelliousness, mutinousness, defiance, defiance of authority, civil disobedience,… …

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  • 56sedition — se·di·tion …

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  • 57sedition — UK [sɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] formal seditious language or actions …

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  • 58sedition — se•di•tion [[t]sɪˈdɪʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) gov incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government 2) gov any action promoting such discontent or rebellion • Etymology: 1325–75; ME sedicioun (< AF) < L sēditiō=sēd se + i , var. s. of īre to …

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  • 59sedition — /səˈdɪʃən / (say suh dishuhn) noun 1. action or language that is intended to incite discontent or rebellion against the established government of a nation or to undermine the security of the nation, in Australian law specified as any action or… …

  • 60sedition —   n. incitement to rebellion.    ♦ seditionary,    ♦ seditious, a …

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