noun
- conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
Usage: legal term
Examples
- The activist was charged with sedition for encouraging citizens to overthrow the government.
- His inflammatory speeches were considered acts of sedition by the authorities.
- The pamphlet contained seditious material calling for armed resistance.
- During wartime, sedition laws are often enforced more strictly.
- The court had to determine whether his protest constituted sedition or free speech.
- Historical records show that many revolutionaries were imprisoned for sedition.