Factious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, produced by, or characterized by internal dissension.
  • adj. Given to or promoting internal dissension. See Synonyms at insubordinate.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
  • adj. Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. 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.
  • adj. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions.
    • 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
    • Equivalent
    discordant   
    Form
    factiousness    factiously   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    turbulent    seditious    disagreeing    dissentient   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    seditious    mutinous    headstrong    disorderly    quarrelsome   
     
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