sedition
[noun]
Synonyms: rabble-rousing, agitation, incitement to riot, subversion

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Contrasted words: allegiance, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, duty, respect, responsibility
Related Words: alienation, disaffection, estrangement, action, protest, strike, coup, coup d'etat, putsch, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, revolution, uprising, quislingism

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se‧di‧tion /sɪˈdɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin seditio 'separation, sedition', from se- 'apart' + itio 'going']
speech, writing, or actions intended to encourage people to disobey a government:
Trade union leaders were charged with sedition.
—seditious adjective:
a seditious speech

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