seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdi-shəs 
1
: disposed to arouse or take part in or guilty of sedition
2
: of, relating to, or tending toward sedition
seditiously
adverb
seditiousness
noun
Examples of seditious in a Sentence
several dissidents were jailed for leading protests that the government branded as seditious
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He was sentenced to 22 years behind bars after being convicted last year of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating and commanding his far-right followers to storm the Capitol.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
One such defendant is Arthur Jackman, a Proud Boys member from Florida who was photographed with leaders of the group convicted of seditious conspiracy for helping instigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
—Spencer Hsu, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Rhodes, who founded the nationwide organization the Oath Keepers in 2016, was convicted in 2022 of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Many American citizens are perfectly capable of being multilingual without feeling seditious.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2019
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
One such defendant is Arthur Jackman, a Proud Boys member from Florida who was photographed with leaders of the group convicted of seditious conspiracy for helping instigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
—Spencer Hsu, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
Rhodes, who founded the nationwide organization the Oath Keepers in 2016, was convicted in 2022 of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Many American citizens are perfectly capable of being multilingual without feeling seditious.
—Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2019
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seditious
adjective
se·di·tious
si-ˈdish-əs
: of, relating to, or causing sedition
seditious statements
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