The Collaborative International Dictionary
Factious \Fac"tious\ a. [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]
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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.
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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.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being factious.
Usage examples of "factiousness".
The disingenuousness and factiousness of Disraeli roused the spirit of Sir Charles, and inspired him with a sarcasm unlike his own serious and even dull tone of address.
But the only way of mitigating factiousness and misunderstanding is by means of some machinery of mutual consultation, which may help to remedy grievances and whose decision shall determine the political action taken in the name of the whole community.