seditious
pronunciation
How to pronounce seditious in British English:
UK [sɪ'dɪʃəs]
How to pronounce seditious in American English:
US [sɪˈdɪʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- arousing to action or rebellion
- in opposition to a civil authority or government
Word Origin
- seditious (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French seditieux, from Latin seditiosus "full of discord, factious, mutinous," from seditio (see sedition). Related: Seditiously; seditiousness.
Example
- 1. This is not a seditious statement !
- 2. This is true , but speech that argues for the opium war is definitely seditious speech .
- 3. Government computers scan chinese cyberspace constantly , hunting for words and phrases that censors have dubbed inflammatory or seditious .
- 4. On the continent , private associations were potentially seditious , and the state maintained a major role in the regulation and promotion of sport .
- 5. They call for this kind of law punishing seditious speech to punish " according to the law " speech that they do not like .