Some words and phrases that have come from earlier times change or distort their original meaning. For example, the word "sedition" in former times was not used quite in the same sense that is put into it now.
The outdated word "sedition" means a conspiracy, the machinations of the rebels, a riot, intrigue. The adjective "seditious" derived from it means an action associated with sedition. The word "seditious", thus, can be used in speech as a synonym for the word "rebellious", as well as "forbidden", "illegal".
How the word "seditious" is interpreted in dictionaries
Sometimes you can find such phrases as "seditious thoughts", "seditious actions." Not all people know exactly what this means - some simply have associations with crime. In the dictionary, the adjective "seditious" is defined as referring to sedition, that is, something forbidden, reprehensible. Rebellion or turmoil are outdated meanings of the word "seditious".
Something that is not supposed to be generally available can also be called criminally. For example, information that is classified or prohibited.
This adjective is used mainly in fiction. Its use in historical works can emphasize the flavor of the era and is used mainly for this purpose. In modern literature, it does not occur very often, and in colloquial speech it is even less common. Journalists like to use this adjective when talking about any aggressive action or behavior.
What are seditious thoughts
Previously, illegal acts and thoughts could be called obscene. Especially frequent was the phrase "seditious thoughts", which was used in relation to various crimes of a political nature. With the emergence of seditious thoughts, various movements against the state system could begin. The very presence of seditious thoughts was already a sufficient reason for punishment, if such were spoken out loud and embarrassed citizens.
If in the past the word "sedition" was used to determine the severity of an act, a crime against the state, nowadays, when this phrase is used in speech, it acquires a slightly different meaning. First of all, such thoughts are dissatisfaction with existing or recent circumstances.
In written speech (for example, journalistic essays, stories), this can be called thoughts generated by the unfair attitude to the case of representatives of certain professions, for example, due to poor-quality medical care or the wrong approach to repairing a car. In colloquial speech, the phrase "seditious thoughts" almost never occurs.
