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单词 sedition
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seditionn.

Brit. /sᵻˈdɪʃən/, /siːˈdɪʃən/, U.S. /səˈdɪʃən/
Forms: Middle English sedici(o)un, seducioun, Scottish sedicione, seduccione, Middle English cedicioun, Middle English–1500s sedicion, 1500s sedycyon, sedytyon, Scottish sediciounn, sedetione, 1500s– sedition.
Etymology: < Old French sedition (modern French sédition ), < Latin sēditiōn-em , < sēd- (see se- prefix) + itiōn-em a going, noun of action < īre to go. Compare Spanish sedicion, Portuguese sedição, Italian sedizione. The Middle English spelling seducioun , seduccione are due to pseudoetymological association with Latin sēdūcĕre seduce v.
1. Violent party strife; an instance of this, esp. a factious contest attended with rioting and disorder. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > factious strife or quarrel
seditiona1380
faction1549
parts1600
brigue1602
part-fray1631
stasis1933
a1380 S. Ambrose 113 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1878) 10 Þei neore not alle in on red, Þer ros a gret sediciun Tofore þat ilke elecciun.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxiv. 5 We han foundun this man..stiringe sedicioun, or dissencioun, to alle Jewis..and auctour of seducioun of the secte of Nazarens.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xv. 7 Barabas, that was boundun with sleeris of men, and that hadde don manslauȝtre in seducioun, that is, debaat in cytee.
1402 Polit. Poems (Rolls) II. 56 Foure angels singnefien foure general synnes,..cediciouns, supersticions, the glotouns, and the proude.
1447 O. Bokenham Agnes in Lyvys Seyntys 490 And wyth her wurdys a sedycyoun lo Among þe peple dede grow.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 103 Some ther were couetous desiring their singuler prouffit accorded vnto this sedicion.
c1480 (a1400) St. Paul 163 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 33 Þe folk of rowme..Raisit in hym sedicione, and wald have brokyn his palace done.
c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 291 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 117 Al þa þat mad sacrifice til mawmentis..Ine þe puple [raisit] seduccione a-gane sancte Iohne.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 150/2 As though these men were Apostles now specially sent by god to preache heresyes and sow sedicion among christen men.
1536 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 356 For this cuntrey passith all that ever I sawe, for ministration of sedition and discorde.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) ix. 61 Thair vas gryt sedition and discentione amang al the gryt personagis of grece.
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill i. iii. 4 When the Romanes were diuided, one faction labouring to oppresse another..such enimitie was called Sedition.
1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 87 But there would be thoughts of sedition in one towards another in the city.
2.
a. A concerted movement to overthrow an established government; a revolt, rebellion, mutiny. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > an insurrection
uparisingc1325
rebelliona1382
risingc1390
risec1400
surrectionc1418
rebela1425
upsetc1425
insurrection1459
mutinewe?c1550
revolt1553
tumult1560
emotion1562
sedition1585
uprising1587
innovation1601
esmeute1652
turgency1660
émeute1782
outbreak1826
uprisal1871
upsurge1930
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxix. 150 Messenie..was giuen to reuolting & seditions.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 80 The Matter of Seditions is of two kindes, Much Poverty and Much Discontentment.
1689 W. Popple tr. J. Locke Let. conc. Toleration 50 Seditions are very frequently raised, upon pretence of Religion.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Sedition, a tumult; an insurrection; a popular commotion; an uproar.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. xlviii. 83 With the dawn of day the city burst into a general sedition.
1842 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. 65 The tribe had turned into a turbulent democracy..; a sedition had broken out about the property left by Kuttaul.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues IV. 273 By reason of inequality, cities are filled with seditions.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 620/1 In the Acts of Congress [of the United States] the word ‘sedition’ appears to occur only in the army and navy articles. A soldier joining any sedition or who, being present at any sedition, does not use his utmost endeavour to suppress the same is punishable with death.
b. Conduct or language inciting to rebellion against the constituted authority in a state.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun]
sedition1556
incendiarism1675
Prometheanism1976
1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Sedition is distinguished from leasing-making, in this respect, that the object of leasing-making is to disparage or prejudice the private character of the Sovereign, whereas sedition is directed against the order and tranquility of the State.
1877 Act 40 & 41 Vict. c. 21 §40 [A] prisoner..on conviction for sedition or seditious libel shall be treated as a misdemeanant of the first division.
1883 J. F. Stephen Hist. Criminal Law II. xxiv. 298 As for sedition itself I do not think that any such offence is known to English law.
1887 J. Chamberlain Speech Irish Question 11 Oct. in Speeches (1890) 49 Loyalty in the House of Commons—Irish loyalty—is represented only by seventeen votes, and sedition, on the contrary, enjoys a majority of eighty-six votes.
attributive.1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 92 Murtherous sedicion sowers, and open churche robbers.1801 A. Hamilton Addr. to Electors N.Y. 23 As to the Sedition Law, we refer you to the debates in Congress.1865 Daily Tel. 2 Dec. 6/5 Native sedition-mongers.1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 620/1 In 1798 an Act of Congress called the Sedition Act was passed, which expired by effluxion of time in 1801.1898 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 9/3 A correspondent at Madras telegraphs to-day that a joint public meeting of Hindoos and Mohammedans was held there..to protest against the sedition law amendments.1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 July 9/1 The trial of some sedition-monger in India.
3. Of inanimate things: Tumult, uproar. [After Latin seditio ; in quot. 1635 with allusion to sense 2]
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > [noun] > specifically of liquids or air
troublingc1340
walming?1527
sedition1635
boil1813
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) iii. 220 When the distracted Ocean Swells to Sedition, and obeyes no Law.
1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 12 But what Seditions, Eddies and Undulations must this cause in the whole body of Air.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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