seditionistn.
/sᵻˈdɪʃənᵻst/, /siːˈdɪʃənᵻst/, U.S. /səˈdɪʃənəst/ One who practises sedition or incites others to sedition; a promoter of disloyalty and factious strife against a government or state.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > seditious person
sower1380
kindler?c1450
stirrerc1450
subvertera1500
subverser1514
subvertor?1532
commotioner1549
provocator1559
seditioner1562
seedsman1587
tumulter1589
turmoiler1591
seditionary1607
seditiary1628
incendiary1631
patriot1644
embroiler1668
agitator1681
seditionist1786
agent provocateur1831
disquietist1834
insurrectionist1845
provocateur1855
galley-growler1867
1786 S. Trimmer Œcon. Charity (1801) I. 151 The endeavours of infidels and seditionists to corrupt the public mind.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Let. to G. Coleridge in Lett. (1895) 243 I therefore consent to be deemed a Democrat and a Seditionist.
1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 129 Nor..is there any such increase of anarchists and seditionists as other folks are apt to dread.
1907 Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 7/3 The Maharajahs..dissociating themselves from what is described as the campaign of rancour..pursued by the seditionists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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