seditious

adjective

se·​di·​tious si-ˈdi-shəs How to pronounce seditious (audio)
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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Rhodes, the group's founder, is currently serving an 18-year prison sentence after he and other Oath Keepers members were convicted of seditious conspiracy, the most serious charge stemming from the Capitol riot. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 Court proceedings over the past three years, including in the seditious conspiracy trial against members of the far-right Proud Boys group, have shed light on some FBI informants who were either monitoring or among those in the crowd of Trump's supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2024 Also in the courtroom were prosecutors who worked on the seditious conspiracy trials of the Proud Boys and the right-wing militia group Oath Keepers, which ended in several of the most serious convictions and sentences tied to the Capitol attack. Ella Lee, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024 He has been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit foreign collusion and one count of publishing seditious material. Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seditious 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of seditious was in the 15th century

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“Seditious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seditious. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

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seditious

adjective
se·​di·​tious si-ˈdish-əs How to pronounce seditious (audio)
: of, relating to, or causing sedition
seditious statements

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