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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FACTIOUS

a.[L. factiosus.] 1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government; turbulent; prone to clamor against public measures of men. No state is free from factious citizens.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; as factious tumults; factious quarrels.

 

FACTIOUSLY

adv. In a factious manner; by means of faction; in a turbulent or disorderly manner.

 

FACTIOUSNESS

n.Inclination to form parties in opposition to the government, or to the public interest; disposition to clamor and raise opposition; clamorousness for a party.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FACTIOUS

Fac "tious. a. Etym: [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 of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.

 

2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. Headlong zeal or factious fury. Burke. -- Fac "tious *ly, adv. -- Fac "tious-ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

factious

fac tious |ˈfakSHəs ˈfækʃəs | ▶adjective relating or inclined to a state of faction: a factious country. DERIVATIVES fac tious ly adverb, fac tious ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

factious

factious |ˈfakʃəs | ▶adjective relating or inclined to dissension: a factious country. DERIVATIVES factiously adverb, factiousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French factieux or Latin factiosus, from factio (see faction 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

factious

factious adjective factious parties have weakened the movement: divided, split, schismatic, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarreling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at loggerheads, at odds, rebellious, mutinous. ANTONYMS harmonious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

factious

factious adjective he had transformed a fragmented, factious resistance movement into a monolithic one: divided, split, sectarian, schismatic, dissenting, contentious, discordant, conflicting, argumentative, disagreeing, disputatious, quarrelling, quarrelsome, clashing, warring, at variance, at loggerheads, at odds, disharmonious, tumultuous, turbulent, dissident, rebellious, insurrectionary, seditious, mutinous. ANTONYMS harmonious.