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Factious

//ˈfækʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
  2. 2
    Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.

    "I heard that she left off powder, patches, and rouge, for a month when his third consort died, and he grew religious—whether out of grief or gratitude, I never heard; then she grew factious, for the sake of your own King, and thought to strew the way to the altar with straws instead of flowers. I applaud her spirit in fighting for a crown."

Adjective
  1. 1
    dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) wordnet

Etymology

From Latin factiosus (“divisive; inclined to separate”); derivative of factio.

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