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2 definitions found 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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