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煽動騷亂,暴動,妨害治安,騷動
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sedition \Se*di"tion\, n. [OE. sedicioun, OF. sedition, F.
s['e]dition, fr. L. seditio, originally, a going aside;
hence, an insurrectionary separation; pref. se-, sed-, aside
+ itio a going, fr. ire, itum, to go. Cf. {Issue}.]
1. The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to
insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an
overt act; excitement of discontent against the
government, or of resistance to lawful authority.
In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The
cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak.
Noisy demagogues who had been accused of sedition.
--Macaulay.
2. Dissension; division; schism. [Obs.]
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, . . .
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies.
--Gal. v. 19,
20.
Syn: Insurrection; tumult; uproar; riot; rebellion; revolt.
See {Insurrection}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
sedition
n : an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority
and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the
government