factious

  • 21factious — fac·tious || fækʃəs adj. tending to form factions, dissentious; of or pertaining to factions …

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  • 22factious — [ fakʃəs] adjective relating or inclined to dissension. Derivatives factiously adverb factiousness noun Origin C16: from Fr. factieux or L. factiosus, from factio (see faction1) …

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  • 23factious — a. 1. Turbulent, seditious, refractory, recalcitrant, rebellious, given to faction. 2. Full of faction, proceeding from faction, seditious, rebellious …

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  • 24factious — adj dissentious, discordant, contentious, quarrelsome, at loggerheads; dissident, disharmonious, disagreeing, disputatious, at odds, at variance, at sixes and sevens; disruptive, disrupting, divisive, troublemaking; rebellious, revolting,… …

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  • 25factious — fac·tious …

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  • 26factious — adj. of, characterized by, or inclined to faction. Derivatives: factiously adv. factiousness n …

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  • 27factitious — factious, factitious, fractious Factious means ‘characterized by faction or dissension’, as in factious quarrelling, whereas factitious means ‘contrived, artificial’, as in factitious reasoning; both words are related to Latin facere ‘to do’ but… …

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  • 28fractious — factious, factitious, fractious Factious means ‘characterized by faction or dissension’, as in factious quarrelling, whereas factitious means ‘contrived, artificial’, as in factitious reasoning; both words are related to Latin facere ‘to do’ but… …

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  • 29Factiously — Factious Fac tious a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.] 1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; said …

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  • 30Factiousness — Factious Fac tious a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.] 1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; said …

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