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Meanings of factious in English

Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

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Examples for "divisive"
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But the issue of permanent Nato bases in east Europe is divisive.
The Guardian
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The outcome promises weeks of potentially divisive talks to form a government.
Reuters
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The question is divisive, however -with strong arguments for and against.
BBC
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Mr Key said it was a divisive way of looking at things.
Radio NZ
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Abortion has remained the most divisive political and social issue for decades.
The Irish Times
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For they proved the city great and not small, and rendered it harmonious and not dissentious, and erected the walls instead of pulling them down.
The Orations of Lysias
Usage of factious in English
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The most factious of his opponents he turned out of their offices.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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They were factious, and were not disposed to submit to legitimate authority.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08: Great Rulers
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Every one was factious-everyone was a soldier-everyone was a leader.
History of the Girondists, Volume I / Personal Memoirs of the Pa...
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The factious spirit and the oppression of the ruling caste did the rest.
Against Home Rule (1912) / The Case for the Union
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The ministry was weak and divided, the nobility factious, and the people discontented.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. / Continued fro...
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The parliament during factious times was nothing but the organ of present power.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part B. / From...
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I now mounted the factious mare, whilst Antonio followed on my own horse.
The Bible in Spain / Or, the Journeys, Adventures, and Imprisonm...
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To unite themselves with the factious, was to become factious themselves.
History of the Girondists, Volume I / Personal Memoirs of the Pa...
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Among his eulogists, of course, is not the factious Captain Ratcliffe.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
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He, during a prolonged Parliamentary experience, had encountered much factious opposition.
Phineas Redux
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You are a factious Fellow, I'll take a Course with you.
The Tryal of William Penn & William Mead for Causing a Tumult / ...
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Command a mutinous army by means of seditious and factious officers?
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
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He was afterwards known only as the factious demagogue and the professed gambler!
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims. Volume 2 (of 2)
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Atterbury became the most factious and pertinacious of all the opponents of the government.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3
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The Republic has grown in strength, and factious opposition has decreased during his administration.
France in the Nineteenth Century
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In republics, the people become factious and idle, when they become any way wealthy.
An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of ...
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