sedition

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

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

[24] An insinuation of sedition seems intended. — How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition, Edwin Abbott Abbott
Of Seditions and Troubles 1625 113 16. — Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients, Francis Bacon
Sedition and treason--somebody had to deal with it. — Rilla of Ingleside, L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

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