seditiousness

  • 11seditious — seditiously, adv. seditiousness, n. /si dish euhs/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of sedition. 2. given to or guilty of sedition. [1400 50; late ME sedicious, equiv. to sedici(oun) SEDITION + ous OUS; cf. L seditiosus] * * * …

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  • 12bad faith — n: intentional deception, dishonesty, or failure to meet an obligation or duty no evidence of bad faith compare good faith in bad faith: with or characterized by intentional deception or dishonesty possessor in bad faith an obligation …

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  • 13sedition — se·di·tion /si di shən/ n [Latin seditio, literally, separation, from sed apart + itio act of going, from ire to go]: the crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow… …

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  • 14disloyalty — I noun apostasy, barratry, betrayal, betrayal of trust, breach, breach of faith, breach of promise, breach of trust, broken promise, contumacy, defection, dereliction of allegiance, desertion, disobedience, faithlessness, falseness, falsity,… …

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  • 15infidelity — I noun abandonment of allegiance, apostasy, bad faith, betrayal, betrayal of oath, betrayal of trust, breach of faith, breach of promise, breach of trust, broken faith, broken word, cuckoldry, deceitfulness, defection, desertion, disaffection,… …

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  • 16extremism — Synonyms and related words: Fabianism, Jacobinism, New Left, Old Left, abandon, anarchism, anarcho syndicalism, bigotry, boundlessness, conversion, criminal syndicalism, egregiousness, enormousness, exaggeration, excess, excessiveness,… …

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  • 17sedition — Synonyms and related words: action, agitation, alienation, collaboration, coup, disaffection, estrangement, extremism, factiousness, fifth column activity, fomentation, fraternization, high treason, instigation, insurgence, insurgency,… …

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  • 18treason — Synonyms and related words: Golconda, Machiavellianism, apostasy, backsliding, betrayal, bolt, breach of trust, breakaway, collaboration, crossing over, deceit, deceitfulness, defection, degeneration, desertion, disloyalty, duplicity, eldorado,… …

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  • 19sedition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. incitement, insurgence, disloyalty. See disobedience. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. treason, revolt, mutiny, insurrection; see revolution 2 , treason . See Synonym Study at treason . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 20traitorousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Willful violation of allegiance to one s country: sedition, seditiousness, treason. See TRUST. 2. Betrayal, especially of a moral obligation: disloyalty, faithlessness, false heartedness, falseness, falsity,… …

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