seditionary

[ si-dish-uh-ner-ee ]

adjective

1. of or relating to sedition; seditious.

noun

, plural se·di·tion·ar·ies.

1. Also se·dition·ist. one guilty of sedition.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seditionary¹

First recorded in 1600–10; sedition + -ary

Example Sentences

If you inquire about it, they will tell you it was probably seditionary and destroyed by the sultan's orders.

From Project Gutenberg

This pamphlet deserves the extracts extant being made known as indicating a picture of the feelings of the seditionary party.

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Lengthy resolutions were passed of no uncertain seditionary tendency.

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On October 1st it published a manifesto of which certain paragraphs clearly disclose its seditionary purpose.

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Related Words

• incendiary
• intemperate
• provocative