seditious

adjective

se·​di·​tious si-ˈdi-shəs How to pronounce seditious (audio)
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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More than 1,500 people were prosecuted in a sweeping Justice Department probe, resulting in serious convictions from assaulting law enforcement to seditious conspiracy. Ella Lee, The Hill, 12 June 2025 Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and was sentenced to 18 years in prison. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025 One of the key claims involves a document titled 1776 Returns, which prosecutors cited as evidence of a seditious plot. Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025 The case is being prosecuted by Jeffrey Nestler, a veteran of the U.S. attorney’s office in D.C. who handled the seditious conspiracy trial of the Oath Keepers and other high-profile Jan. 6 cases. Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for seditious

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of seditious was in the 15th century

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“Seditious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seditious. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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seditious

adjective
se·​di·​tious si-ˈdish-əs How to pronounce seditious (audio)
: of, relating to, or causing sedition
seditious statements

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