Seditious
adjective
Causing people to rebel or fight against a government.
He was accused of seditious activities.
Often appears as...
- seditious activities
- seditious intent
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
adjective
Causing people to rebel or fight against a government.
He was accused of seditious activities.
Often appears as...
- seditious activities
- seditious intent
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'seditious' implies harmful intent towards a government, suggesting disloyalty or treason.
His seditious speeches alarmed the authorities.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Context
'Seditious' often appears in legal contexts where individuals are charged with incitement of discontent or rebellion.
She faced charges for seditious libel.
Pro Tip 3/3Highly Formal
'Seditious' is a formal term and typically not used in casual conversation.
The government warned against seditious propaganda.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'seditious' implies harmful intent towards a government, suggesting disloyalty or treason.
His seditious speeches alarmed the authorities.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Context
'Seditious' often appears in legal contexts where individuals are charged with incitement of discontent or rebellion.
She faced charges for seditious libel.
Pro Tip 3/3Highly Formal
'Seditious' is a formal term and typically not used in casual conversation.
The government warned against seditious propaganda.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'seditious' implies harmful intent towards a government, suggesting disloyalty or treason.
His seditious speeches alarmed the authorities.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Context
'Seditious' often appears in legal contexts where individuals are charged with incitement of discontent or rebellion.
She faced charges for seditious libel.
Pro Tip 3/3Highly Formal
'Seditious' is a formal term and typically not used in casual conversation.
The government warned against seditious propaganda.
Compare with
incendiaryinflammatoryinsurgencemutinousprovocativerebelliousrevolutionarysubversive
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Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
"Learn as if you'll live forever." This is what I'm passionate about. It is precisely this. It is this inextinguishable, undaunted appetite for learning and experience, no matter how risible, no matter how esoteric, no matter how seditious it might seem.
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
"Learn as if you'll live forever." This is what I'm passionate about. It is precisely this. It is this inextinguishable, undaunted appetite for learning and experience, no matter how risible, no matter how esoteric, no matter how seditious it might seem.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are the ones whose eyes light up thinking, 'Oh, yes, I want some of that!
Quote examples
Michael Leunig
Australian Cartoonist
All good art is seditious, but the people in authority can never recognise it. I think when you mention sedition, artists are the ones whose eyes light up thinking, 'Oh, yes, I want some of that!
Example 1 of 1
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