sedition
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
Archaic. rebellious disorder.
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Origin of sedition
1synonym study For sedition
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Other words from sedition
- an·ti·se·di·tion, adjective
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How to use sedition in a sentence
In the House, they voted for leaders who participated in sedition.
Other commentators have dubbed it a coup, or appended the legal label of sedition.
Ye, accused of sedition, is sent to work for an obscure government agency called the Red Coast Base and discovers a new method for transmitting interstellar messages.
Netflix enlisted ‘Game of Thrones’ team to adapt China’s best-selling sci-fi novel. Then came controversy | Grady McGregor | October 3, 2020 | FortuneWhile the local sedition law passed in 1918, San Diego didn’t warm to all wartime restrictions that year.
‘Keep Your Mouth Shut’: Why San Diego Banned ‘Seditious’ Talk in 1918 | Randy Dotinga | August 4, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoSomebody called the cops, and the 24-year-old was arrested on charges of sedition and thrown in jail.
‘Keep Your Mouth Shut’: Why San Diego Banned ‘Seditious’ Talk in 1918 | Randy Dotinga | August 4, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
So does his comment about treason, which plugs into the mentality of those accusing the President of sedition and disloyalty.
Paranoia Crept into American Political Life a Long Time Ago | Lewis Beale | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI refer to the Alien and sedition Acts, signed into law by President John Adams in 1798.
Snowden Deserves the Medal of Freedom, Not Prosecution | Jay Parini | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNor do members of Congress with close NRA ties who scare the populace and encourage sedition face any consequences.
Preparing for War in Indianapolis: Inside the NRA Plot to Terrify America | Cliff Schecter | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTKamhawi is facing sedition charges from the nervous regime for, as he puts it, “saying what I am saying to you.”
Riots Erupt in Jordan: The End of Absolute Monarchy | Christopher Dickey | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWaited to hear what she would make, even at this early hearing, of the charge he faced: sedition.
The Sedition Files: How an Indian Cartoonist Becomes a Criminal | Dilip D’Souza | September 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was little reason to hope that this, the third city in India, should not yield readily to sedition-mongers.
The Red Year | Louis TracyJohn Smith was later charged with sedition, acquitted, and finally restored to his rightful council position.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia | Dorothy M. TorpeyNo one knows better than I that it is, at the present moment, honeycombed with sedition and anarchical impulses.
The Double Four | E. Phillips OppenheimHe ascribed the measures taken to repress sedition and defeat the French propaganda as attempts at tyranny.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntThe sedition cases were mostly heard before the lord-justice clerk Braxfield, who behaved with scandalous harshness and severity.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
British Dictionary definitions for sedition
/ (sɪˈdɪʃən) /
speech or behaviour directed against the peace of a state
an offence that tends to undermine the authority of a state
an incitement to public disorder
archaic revolt
Origin of sedition
1Derived forms of sedition
- seditionary, noun, adjective
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Cultural definitions for sedition
Acts that incite rebellion or civil disorder against an established government.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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