seditious

What it means

1. Of, related to, or being involved in sedition.

   Seditious Congressional Republicans Of The United States. This refers to Republican officials that advocate fascism: they support overthrowing democracy or discarding the US Constitution.

   2026, Richard Stallman, “Glossary”, in stallman.org

   1 more example

   There may not be anything seditious about his music, but plundering and ravaging the tracks needed to create it requires a spirit of rebellion at odds with corporate organization. Enterprise mashup may be an oxymoron.

   2010, Jonathon Keats, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112

   Synonyms: treasonous, subversive, insubordinate, rebellious

In a sentence

There may not be anything seditious about his music, but plundering and ravaging the tracks needed to create it requires a spirit of rebellion at odds with corporate organization. Enterprise mashup may be an oxymoron.

2010, Jonathon Keats, Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 112

Where it comes from

1. Latinseditiosus
2. Middle Frenchséditieux
3. Englishseditious

From Middle French séditieux, from Latin seditiosus.