seditiousness
Tendency toward insurrection
Seditiousness is the quality of inciting discontent or rebellion against established authority.
The word describes speech, writing, or conduct that encourages resistance to government without necessarily advocating outright violence: The pamphlet's seditiousness alarmed colonial officials.
It implies a serious threat to public order, though what counts as seditious depends heavily on who holds power.
Disturbed, restless state
- instigationAct of provoking action
- fomentationStirring up trouble
- rabble-rousingInciting mob sentiment
- inflammatoryTending to provoke outrage
demagoguery · troublemaking · propaganda · firebrand · incendiary · agitator · provocateur · stirring
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
- overthrowForcible removal from power
treason · coup · revolutionary · subversion · insurgency · anarchy · rioting · guerrilla
Absence of shared opinion
- dissidenceOpposition to prevailing views
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
resistance · protest · objection · disobedience · noncompliance · critique · disapproval · discontent
agitation
Disturbed, restless state
- instigationAct of provoking action
- fomentationStirring up trouble
- rabble-rousingInciting mob sentiment
inflammatory · demagoguery · troublemaking · propaganda · firebrand · incendiary · agitator · provocateur · stirring · radicalization
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
overthrow · treason · coup · revolutionary · subversion · insurgency · anarchy · rioting · guerrilla · militancy
disagreement
Absence of shared opinion
- dissidenceOpposition to prevailing views
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- nonconformityRejection of prevailing norms
defiance · resistance · protest · objection · disobedience · noncompliance · critique · disapproval · discontent · grievance
seditiousnessloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
allegiance · patriotism · fidelity · faithfulness · devotion
seditiousnesscompliance
Adhering to requirements
obedience · submissiveness · conformity · docility · acquiescence
dissident, insurrection, sedition, dissension, seditious, seditionist