Factious

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  • adjective. Given to, characterized by, or promoting internal dissension. synonym: insubordinate.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to faction; dissentious; promoting partizan views or aims by perverse or irregular means; turbulent.
  • Pertaining to or proceeding from faction; of a turbulent partizan character.
  • Active; urgent; zealous.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. 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 of persons.
  • adjective. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
  • adjective. Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
    • Word Usage
    "Van Buren's opposition to the Adams administration has been called factious and unpatriotic."
    Equivalent
    discordant  
    Form
    factiously  factiousness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    agrarian  avaricious  bigoted  disorderly  fanatical  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aggressive  alienated  argumentative  at loggerheads  at odds  
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