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seditious

[ si-dish-uhs ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of sedition.
  2. given to or guilty of sedition.


seditious

/ sɪˈdɪʃəs /

adjective

  1. of, like, or causing sedition
  2. inclined to or taking part in sedition


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Derived Forms

  • seˈditiously, adverb
  • seˈditiousness, noun

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Other Words From

  • se·ditious·ly adverb
  • se·ditious·ness noun
  • nonse·ditious adjective
  • nonse·ditious·ly adverb
  • nonse·ditious·ness noun
  • unse·ditious adjective
  • unse·ditious·ly adverb
  • unse·ditious·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of seditious1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English sedicious, from Old French seditieux, from Latin sēditiōsus, equivalent to sēditi(ō) sedition + -ōsus -ous

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Example Sentences

But conservatives think liberals and Balzac are seditious and crazy.

He had not written, but had dared to print, a seditious pamphlet which justified the right of rebellion against the king.

The old elite worried that the masses were too improvident and seditious.

Archibald Campbell, duke of Argyle, beheaded at Edinburgh for seditious measures.

Why have you not to-day three legitimate heirs to root out the hopes of these seditious persons?

It was not a single act of violence; it was a series of seditious practices of every kind, and carried on for several years.

You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independence.

This infamously unjust proceeding took place in a time of disorder and under the seditious government of the thirty tyrants.

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