factious
adjective
given to faction; dissentious.
factiousness
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a word derived from
factious.
Example Sentences
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It may be remembered that all the governors of the period agreed in reprobating the factiousness and pettiness of Canadian party politics.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison
The intervention of an extrinsic, impartial, and capable authority—if such can be found—will undoubtedly restrain the covetousness as well as the factiousness of a choosing assembly.
From The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
Their speeches this year might all have been answered by their speeches last year on the same subject, and nothing can be so glaring as their inconsistency and the factiousness of their motives.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Charles Greville
The masses of the people, staggered by all this bewildering turmoil and impure factiousness, are nevertheless, stubbornly determined to persevere and to succeed in saving their country.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
The Assembly continued, notwithstanding the war exigencies of the times, in their factiousness, as their persistence in some measures was considered.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
