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
Rhodes had been convicted of seditious conspiracy after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol but his sentence was commuted by Trump earlier this year.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Salisbury was even indicted for seditious libel and faced up to 21 years in prison.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 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
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Salisbury was even indicted for seditious libel and faced up to 21 years in prison.
—Stephanie A, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seditious
Adjective
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In addition to her injury, Masters also suffers from hypothyroidism, which occurs when the thyroid gland doesn't make and release enough thyroid hormone in the bloodstream, as well as Lyme disease, an inflammatory illness usually caused by an infected tick bite.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Ye’s inflammatory remarks resulted in corporations such as Universal Music Group, Balenciaga, Gap and Adidas cutting ties with him.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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That’s the question posed by a provocative ad running ahead of screenings at this year’s Thessaloniki Film Festival, highlighting the dire state of film funding in Greece.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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This mother makes what the star did in the equally provocative Mother seem like child’s play.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Musk’s incendiary political rhetoric and endorsement of AfD, Germany’s extremist, anti-immigrant party, have weighed on left-leaning consumers’ interest in the Tesla brand there.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
5 Nov. 2025
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Fireworks or other incendiary devices.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Seditious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seditious. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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