seditious Definition
se·di·tious (si dis̸h′əs)
adjective
- of, like, or constituting sedition
- inclined toward or engaging in sedition
Etymology: ME cedicious < MFr seditieux < L seditiosus
seditious Related Forms
se·di′·tiously adverb
se·di′·tious·ness noun
seditious Synonyms
seditious Usage Examples
Modifying Another Word
even: Six months ago this would have been considered outrageously partisan, even seditious; today, it accurately reflects the public mood.
Modifies a noun
- libel: The following year his attacks on the governor of New York led to him being arrested for seditious libel.
- conspiracy: After the demonstration at Clontarf in 1843 O'Connell was arrested and early in 1844 was convicted of seditious conspiracy.
- speech: He was sentenced to two years in prison for making what was termed a seditious speech which he agreed was accurately reported.
- writing: In June 1792, the British government issued a trial summons against him for seditious writings.
- material: But the city is in uproar, for someone is once again printing seditious material and no one is quite what they seem.
- thought: But MK was already harboring seditious thoughts about the decadent rulers of the Ottoman Empire.
Used with adjective complement
deem: Some of his colleagues are serving sentences for possessing reading material deemed seditious.
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