seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdi-shəs 
1
: disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition
2
: of, relating to, or tending toward sedition
seditiously
adverb
seditiousness
noun
Examples of seditious in a Sentence
several dissidents were jailed for leading protests that the government branded as seditious
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The Proud Boys national chairman was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, one of several lengthy sentences handed down to Proud Boys members in relation to the Jan 6. 2021 Capitol riots.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
But many American citizens are perfectly capable of being multilingual without also feeling seditious.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2019
Police said a woman currently under detention made social media posts with seditious intent with the help of five others, according to a government statement on Tuesday.
—Alan Wong / Bloomberg, TIME, 28 May 2024
Their leader, their founder, Stewart Rhodes, was convicted of seditious conspiracy.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 May 2024
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Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
But many American citizens are perfectly capable of being multilingual without also feeling seditious.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2019
Police said a woman currently under detention made social media posts with seditious intent with the help of five others, according to a government statement on Tuesday.
—Alan Wong / Bloomberg, TIME, 28 May 2024
Their leader, their founder, Stewart Rhodes, was convicted of seditious conspiracy.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 May 2024
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seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdish-əs
: of, relating to, or causing sedition
seditious statements
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