Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or having the nature of sedition.
- adjective Given to, engaging in, or promoting sedition. synonym: insubordinate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Partaking of the nature of sedition; tending to the promotion of sedition: as, seditious strife; seditious speech; a seditious harangue.
- Engaged in sedition; guilty of sedition; exciting or promoting sedition: as, seditious persons.
- Synonyms Incendiary. See
insurrection .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition.
- adjective Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, related to, or being involved in
sedition ;treasonous orsubversive .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective arousing to action or rebellion
- adjective in opposition to a civil authority or government
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Examples
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The Interior Ministry blamed what it described as "seditious" residents, saying they attacked security forces with guns and firebombs and had the backing of a foreign enemy - an apparent reference to rival power Iran.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI 2011
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The Interior Ministry previously blamed what it described as "seditious" residents, saying they attacked security forces with guns and firebombs with the backing of a foreign enemy - an apparent reference to Shiite power Iran.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The rise in seditious speech is a forboding indicator.
Expressions of political anger are protected, Napolitano says 2010
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Massive constitutional reform is mandatory especially the word seditious is quite an opponent to wholesome democracy.
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For this I am called seditious, among other things, by some of the very people who've condemned this society?
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Thailand is ramping up its reliance on a recently introduced Computer Crimes Act to restrict criticism of its royal family and limit the spread of what the government calls seditious material.
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Many a head of a warrior or chief became trophies with the hope to deter the so-called seditious intentions of natives.
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He said the so-called seditious materials allegedly obtained from some of the detainees, were not illegal, and were merely
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The left is an -- the left is an idea-generating organism, but they are very peculiar ideas, very seditious, which is obviously what the left always wants, but half the time not quite comprehensible.
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There he was charged with this act of saving Mr. Bourne, which was called seditious, and they also objected against him for preaching.
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