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Factious definition

făkshəs
Given to, characterized by, or promoting internal dissension.
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Producing or tending to produce faction; causing dissension.
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The definition of factious is causing dissension and problems within a group.

An example of something factious is a bunch of cliques within a class.

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Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
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Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
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Produced or characterized by faction.
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Origin of factious

  • From the Latin factiosus "divisive; inclined to separate"; derivative of factio

    From Wiktionary

Factious Sentence Examples

  • The contest was bitter, personal, factious and full of intrigue.

  • Robert Bruce was now dead and his throne was occupied by the young David II., whose factious nobles were occupied in civil strife when, in.

  • After the general election of 1880, however, the Ministerialists, aided by a number of factious Conservatives, passed a third bill repealing the grist tax on wheat (10th July 1880), the repeal to take effect from the 1st of January 1884 onwards.

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