Meanings
comparative more factious · superlative most factious
- Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
- Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
1 more example
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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 230
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfactiosus“divisive; inclined to separate”
- Englishfactious
From Latin factiosus (“divisive; inclined to separate”); derivative of factio.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian разколнически
- разколнически (razkolničeski)of, pertaining to, or caused by factions
Catalan facciós
- facciósof, pertaining to, or caused by factions
French factieux
- factieuxof, pertaining to, or caused by factions
German Splitter-, aufwieglerisch
- Splitter-of, pertaining to, or caused by factions
- aufwieglerischgiven to or characterized by discordance or insubordination
- aufrührerischgiven to or characterized by discordance or insubordination
Portuguese faccioso
- facciosoof, pertaining to, or caused by factions
Russian раскольнический
- раскольнический (raskolʹničeskij)of, pertaining to, or caused by factions
Spanish sedicioso, faccioso
- sediciosoof, pertaining to, or caused by factions
- facciosoof, pertaining to, or caused by factions
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with factious
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