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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Factious \Fac"tious\ a. [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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
factious
adj : dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
[syn: {dissentious}, {divisive}]
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