seditious
Urging government overthrow
Seditious describes speech, writing, or conduct that encourages rebellion against the authority of a state or ruler.
The word carries serious legal weight in some contexts, as seditious acts may be prosecuted as crimes against the government.
Someone spreading seditious ideas isn't merely criticizing those in power but actively inciting others to resist or overthrow them.
The pamphlet was deemed seditious by authorities.
His seditious remarks landed him in prison.
Disloyal to one's nation
- traitorousGuilty of betrayal
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- subversionUndermining established authority
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
sabotage · espionage · infiltration · destabilize · undermine · clandestine · covert · fifth column
Disposed to revolt
- insurgentOne who revolts
- insurrectionaryRelating to armed revolt
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
uprising · riotous · insubordinate · defiant · disobedient · renegade · rebel · iconoclastic
Tending to provoke outrage
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- incitingUrging others to act
- instigatingPrompting action to begin
- rabble-rousingInciting mob sentiment
agitating · fomenting · provoking · contentious · polemical · controversial · inflammatory · divisive
One who stirs dissent
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- demagogueManipulative populist leader
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- fomenterOne who incites trouble
provocateur · pamphleteer · dissident · inciter · agitator · troublemaker · ringleader · militant
Public expression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- objectionExpression of disapproval
discontent · grievance · outcry · criticism · rebellion · dissatisfaction · disobedience · insubordination
treasonous
Disloyal to one's nation
- traitorousGuilty of betrayal
- disloyalUntrue to commitments
- subversionUndermining established authority
conspiracy · sabotage · espionage · infiltration · destabilize · undermine · clandestine · covert · fifth column · coup
mutinous
Disposed to revolt
- insurgentOne who revolts
- insurrectionaryRelating to armed revolt
- revolutionarySeeking fundamental systemic change
revolt · uprising · riotous · insubordinate · defiant · disobedient · renegade · rebel · iconoclastic · recalcitrant
inflammatory
Tending to provoke outrage
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- incitingUrging others to act
- instigatingPrompting action to begin
rabble-rousing · agitating · fomenting · provoking · contentious · polemical · controversial · inflammatory · divisive · stirring
rabble-rouser
One who stirs dissent
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- demagogueManipulative populist leader
- instigatorOne who provokes action
fomenter · provocateur · pamphleteer · dissident · inciter · agitator · troublemaker · ringleader · militant · radical
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
objection · discontent · grievance · outcry · criticism · rebellion · dissatisfaction · disobedience · insubordination · noncompliance
- revolutionariesrevolutionaries, revolutionary, rebel, rebels, Lenin
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- sedition lawsRules criminalizing anti-government agitation
- sedition chargesProsecution for inciting revolt