seditious speech

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• seditious speech — Oral advocacy of the overthrow of the government by force or violence. See sedition …   Black's law dictionary

• seditious — adjective formal intended to illegally encourage people to disobey the government: a seditious speech seditiously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• seditious — adjective a seditious speech Syn: rabble rousing, provocative, inflammatory, subversive, troublemaking; rebellious, insurrectionist, mutinous, insurgent …   Thesaurus of popular words

• seditious libel — Written or spoken words, pictures, signs, or other forms of communication that tend to defame, discredit, criticize, impugn, embarrass, challenge, or question the government, its policies, or its officials; speech that advocates the overthrow of… …   Law dictionary

• seditious — [[t]sɪdɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A seditious act, speech, or piece of writing encourages people to fight against or oppose the government. He fell under suspicion for distributing seditious pamphlets …   English dictionary

• seditious — sedition ► NOUN ▪ conduct or speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state or monarch. DERIVATIVES seditious adjective seditiously adverb. ORIGIN Latin, from sed apart + itio going …   English terms dictionary

• Freedom of speech in the United States — is protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and by many state constitutions and state and federal laws. Criticism of the government and advocation of unpopular ideas that people may find distasteful or against public… …   Wikipedia

• Freedom of speech by country — Freedom of speech is the concept of the inherent human right to voice one s opinion publicly without fear of censorship or punishment. Speech is not limited to public speaking and is generally taken to include other forms of expression. The right …   Wikipedia

• Hate speech — is a term for speech intended to degrade, intimidate, or incite violence or prejudicial action against a person or group of people based on their race, gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability …   Wikipedia

• Freedom of speech — is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to denote not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas,… …   Wikipedia

• sedition — /si dish euhn/, n. 1. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government. 2. any action, esp. in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion. 3. Archaic. rebellious disorder. [1325 75; < L sedition (s. of seditio), equiv. to …   Universalium