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

Derived Forms

• seˈditiousness, noun
• seˈditiously, adverb

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

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

Example Sentences

In total, 54 different police officers ticketed people for seditious language between July 2013 and the beginning of this month.

From Voice of San Diego

A month earlier in 1918, the San Diego City Council had passed its own sedition act – a law banning “seditious language.”

From Voice of San Diego

Since at least 2013, as far back as the records go, SDPD has written 83 tickets for seditious language.

From Voice of San Diego

Since 2013, as far back as the city would provide records, San Diego Police Department officers have issued 83 tickets to people they accused of using seditious language.

From Voice of San Diego

This puts seditious language tickets on par with a speeding ticket and removes both the city attorney’s office and the public defender’s office from the judicial process.

From Voice of San Diego

But conservatives think liberals and Balzac are seditious and crazy.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg