adjective
- inciting or tending to incite rebellion against the authority of a state or ruler
Usage: formal; legal
Examples
- The government accused the protesters of making seditious speeches.
- Publishing seditious materials was considered a serious crime.
- The revolutionary’s seditious writings inspired many to join the cause.
- Authorities banned the seditious pamphlets from circulation.
- His seditious remarks against the king led to his arrest.
- The court found the defendant guilty of seditious conspiracy.