sedition
noun
[ sɪˈdɪʃ(ə)n ]
• conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
Similar:
incitement (to riot/rebellion),
agitation,
rabble-rousing,
fomentation (of discontent),
troublemaking,
provocation,
inflaming,
rebellion,
revolt,
insurrection,
rioting,
mutiny,
insurgence,
insurgency,
subversion,
civil disorder,
insubordination,
disobedience,
resistance,
defiance,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘violent strife’): from Old French, or from Latin seditio(n- ), from sed- ‘apart’ + itio(n- ) ‘going’ (from the verb ire ).
