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factious [ˈfækʃəs] adj
given to, producing, or characterized by faction factiously adv factiousness n Usage: See at fractious ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations factious adj (liter) → streitsüchtig, händelsüchtig; quarrelling → kleinlich, engherzig How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These must be chiefly, if not wholly, effects of the unsteadiness and injustice with which a factious spirit has tainted our public administrations. It is easy to see that this problem alone, as often as it should occur, would open a wide field for the exercise of factious views, of partiality, and of oppression, in the majority that happened to prevail in the national council. But it is evident that this was not Solon's intention, but that it arose from accident; for the people being the cause of the naval victory over the Medes, assumed greatly upon it, and enlisted themselves under factious demagogues, although opposed by the better part of the citizens. |
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