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seditious

Syllabification: (se·di·tious)
Pronunciation: /siˈdiSHəs/
Definition of seditious

adjective

  • inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch:the letter was declared seditious

Derivatives

seditiously

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French seditieux or Latin seditiosus, from seditio 'mutinous separation' (see sedition)

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