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sedition

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /səˈdɪʃən/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH0 D IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Insurrection or rebellion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: misdemeanor, misdemeanour, infraction, violation, infringement

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَحْرِيض (taḥrīḍ) — incitement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煽動 /煽动 (shāndòng) — incitement
  • Dutch: opruiing — incitement
  • Finnish: kansankiihotus — incitement
  • Finnish: kapinaan yllyttäminen — incitement
  • German: Aufwiegelung — incitement
  • German: Verhetzung — incitement
  • German: Volksverhetzung — incitement
  • Hebrew: הסתה (hasatá) — incitement
  • Hungarian: lázítás — incitement
  • Japanese: 扇動 (sendō) — incitement
  • Korean: 선동 (seondong) — incitement
  • Latin: sēditiō — incitement
  • Malayalam: രാജ്യദ്രോഹം (rājyadrōhaṁ) — incitement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oppvigleri — incitement
  • Russian: седи́ция (sedícija) — incitement
  • Russian: подстрека́тельство (podstrekátelʹstvo) — incitement
  • Swedish: uppvigling — incitement
  • Ottoman Turkish: فتنه (fitne) — incitement
  • Ottoman Turkish: فساد (fesâd) — incitement
  • Vietnamese: sự xúi giục nổi loạn — incitement
  • Afrikaans: opstand — insurrection or rebellion
  • Arabic: فِتْنَة (fitna) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Bulgarian: въстание (vǎstanie) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Bulgarian: метеж (metež) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Catalan: sedició — insurrection or rebellion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 叛亂 /叛乱 (pànluàn) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Danish: oprør — insurrection or rebellion
  • Dutch: opstand — insurrection or rebellion
  • Dutch: opruiing — insurrection or rebellion
  • Finnish: kapina — insurrection or rebellion
  • Finnish: kansannousu — insurrection or rebellion
  • French: sédition — insurrection or rebellion
  • French: révolte — insurrection or rebellion
  • Galician: sedición — insurrection or rebellion
  • German: Aufruhr — insurrection or rebellion
  • Greek: στάση (stási) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Hebrew: המרדה (hamradá) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Hungarian: lázadás — insurrection or rebellion
  • Hungarian: zendülés — insurrection or rebellion
  • Ido: sedicio — insurrection or rebellion
  • Italian: sedizione — insurrection or rebellion
  • Japanese: 暴動 (bōdō) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Korean: 폭동 (pokdong) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Latin: sēditiō — insurrection or rebellion
  • Malayalam: പ്രകോപനം (prakōpanaṁ) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: opprør — insurrection or rebellion
  • Occitan: sedicion — insurrection or rebellion
  • Polish: rokosz — insurrection or rebellion
  • Polish: bunt — insurrection or rebellion
  • Portuguese: sedição — insurrection or rebellion
  • Portuguese: revolta — insurrection or rebellion
  • Portuguese: motim — insurrection or rebellion
  • Russian: мяте́ж (mjatéž) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Russian: восста́ние (vosstánije) — insurrection or rebellion
  • Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealachadh — insurrection or rebellion
  • Spanish: sedición — insurrection or rebellion
  • Swedish: uppvigling — insurrection or rebellion
  • Vietnamese: cuộc nổi loạn — insurrection or rebellion
  • Vietnamese: cuộc dấy loạn — insurrection or rebellion