Factiousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Factious for the house of Lancaster.  --Shak.
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     2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction;
        indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts
        or expressions; as, factious quarrels.
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              Headlong zeal or factious fury.       --Burke.
        -- {Fac"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Fac"tious*ness}, n.
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