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SEDITIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seditious mean?
• SEDITIOUS (adjective)
The adjective SEDITIOUS has 2 senses:
1. arousing to action or rebellion
2. in opposition to a civil authority or government
Familiarity information: SEDITIOUS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arousing to action or rebellion
Synonyms:
incendiary; incitive; inflammatory; instigative; rabble-rousing; seditious
Similar:
provocative (serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy)
Derivation:
sedition (an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In opposition to a civil authority or government
Synonyms:
insurgent; seditious; subversive
Similar:
disloyal (deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle)
Derivation:
sedition (an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government)
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