Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or having the nature of sedition.
- adj. Given to or guilty of engaging in or promoting sedition. See Synonyms at insubordinate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, related to, or being involved in sedition; treasonous or subversive.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition.
- adj. Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. arousing to action or rebellion
- adj. in opposition to a civil authority or government
Examples
“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 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.”
“The rise in seditious speech is a forboding indicator.”
Expressions of political anger are protected, Napolitano says
“Massive constitutional reform is mandatory especially the word seditious is quite an opponent to wholesome democracy.”
“For this I am called seditious, among other things, by some of the very people who've condemned this society?”
“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.”
The Wall Street Journal: Web Censoring Widens Across Southeast Asia
“Many a head of a warrior or chief became trophies with the hope to deter the so-called seditious intentions of natives.”
“He said the so-called seditious materials allegedly obtained from some of the detainees, were not illegal, and were merely”
“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.”
“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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