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se⋅di⋅tion⋅ar⋅y

[si-dish-uh-ner-ee] adjective, noun, plural -ar⋅ies.
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to sedition; seditious.
–noun
2. Also, se⋅di⋅tion⋅ist. one guilty of sedition.

Origin:
1600–10; sedition + -ary
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se·di·tion   (sĭ-dĭsh'ən)   
n.  
  1. Conduct or language inciting rebellion against the authority of a state.

  2. Insurrection; rebellion.


[Middle English sedicioun, violent party strife, from Old French sedition, from Latin sēditiō, sēditiōn- : sēd-, sē-, apart; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + itiō, act of going (from itus, past participle of īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots).]
se·di'tion·ist n.
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