Meanings
comparative more seditious · superlative most seditious
- 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.org1 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 112Synonyms: treasonous, subversive, insubordinate, rebellious
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, related to, or being involved in sedition.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivearousing to action or rebellion
adjectivein opposition to a civil authority or government
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinseditiosus
- Middle Frenchséditieux
- Englishseditious
From Middle French séditieux, from Latin seditiosus.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan sediciós
- sediciósof, related to, or involved in sedition
Dutch opruiend, opstandig
- opruiendof, related to, or involved in sedition
- opstandigof, related to, or involved in sedition
Finnish petollinen
- petollinenof, related to, or involved in sedition
French séditieux
- séditieuxof, related to, or involved in sedition
German rebellisch, widerspenstig
- rebellischof, related to, or involved in sedition
- widerspenstigof, related to, or involved in sedition
- auf Krawall gebürstetof, related to, or involved in sedition
Hungarian lázító
- lázítóof, related to, or involved in sedition
Latin sēditiōsus
- sēditiōsusof, related to, or involved in sedition
Polish przewrotowy, wywrotowy
- przewrotowyof, related to, or involved in sedition
- wywrotowyof, related to, or involved in sedition
- buntowniczyof, related to, or involved in sedition
Romanian sedițios
- sedițiosof, related to, or involved in sedition
Russian мятежный
- мятежный (mjatežnyj)of, related to, or involved in sedition
Spanish sedicioso
- sediciosoof, related to, or involved in sedition
Ukrainian крамольний, підбурювальний
- крамольний (kramolʹnyj)of, related to, or involved in sedition
- підбурювальний (pidburjuvalʹnyj)of, related to, or involved in sedition
- бунтівний (buntivnyj)of, related to, or involved in sedition
Cite this entry
seditious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seditious
“seditious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seditious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seditious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seditious.
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