as in inflammatory
tending to excite political disorder or insurrection
several dissidents were jailed for leading protests that the government branded as seditious
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Recent Examples of seditious
After a jury found him and three other members of the right-wing militia guilty of seditious conspiracy, he was sentenced in June 2023 to serve four and a half years in prison.
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Others demoted include two lawyers who helped secure seditious conspiracy convictions against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Four of the men were found guilty of seditious conspiracy.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 June 2025
He was found guilty by a federal jury on July 24, 1981, on seven counts of weapons, explosives and seditious conspiracy charges.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Others demoted include two lawyers who helped secure seditious conspiracy convictions against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio.
—Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2025
Four of the men were found guilty of seditious conspiracy.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 June 2025
He was found guilty by a federal jury on July 24, 1981, on seven counts of weapons, explosives and seditious conspiracy charges.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seditious
Adjective
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As Allure previously reported, there were no incidents of capsular contracture, rupture, infection, malposition (implants sliding out of place), inflammatory reactions, or hematoma (blood pooling under the skin) in the Mia trial.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
15 Oct. 2025
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Some of these include autoimmune diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis, blood clots, inflammatory disorders, some cancers or tissue injury, explains Gharahbaghian.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sabrina Carpenter leaned into her provocative image while pulling double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
19 Oct. 2025
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Her poetry carries it all—the metaphysical, the flirtatious, the unsettling, the provocative— all in such miniscule space.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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After the Hunt isn’t especially incendiary in its substance.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad were then called to the scene and were able to successfully locate and detonate the incendiary devices without any further incident.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Seditious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seditious. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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