adjective
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of, like, or causing sedition
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inclined to or taking part in sedition
Other Word Forms
- nonseditious adjective
- nonseditiously adverb
- nonseditiousness noun
- seditiously adverb
- seditiousness noun
- unseditious adjective
- unseditiously adverb
- unseditiousness noun
Etymology
Origin of seditious
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English sedicious, from Old French seditieux, from Latin sēditiōsus, equivalent to sēditi(ō) sedition + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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On Tuesday police charged Mr. Pong and three employees with selling seditious books, including “The Troublemaker,” my biography of Jimmy Lai.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
The colonial-era offence of seditious publication comes with a maximum penalty of two years.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the U.S.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025
A seditious conspiracy charge is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
Only ten years after the passage and ratification of the Constitution, however, what were treasonable or seditious acts remained blurry and more problematic judgments without the historical sanction that only experience could provide.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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