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sedition

/sɪˈdɪʃən/

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What does sedition mean?

noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/sɪˈdɪʃən/

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These, as we have seen, had been refractory in Jersey, and instead of being punished, were paid for their sedition.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
They refused accordingly, and the Regent, remarking that they did nothing but fan the flame of sedition, exiled them to Blois.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
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Where he calleth an Assembly, whereof men can give no just account, a Sedition, and such as they could not answer for.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207
Under his inspiration, the Virginia assembly adopted resolutions calling on the state to nullify within its limits the enforcement of the Sedition act.
Edward Sylvester EllisThomas Jefferson, a Character SketchProject Gutenberg ebook #712
This, we are told, was the first sedition amongst the Romans, since the abrogation of kingly government, that ended in the effusion of blood.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674