What is "factious" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does factious mean in English? Meaning of factious definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "factious" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "factious": dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

Adjective

  • Meaning: dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
  • Synonyms: dissentious divisive factious
  • Similar: discordant
  • Adjective: Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
  • Synonyms:

    alienated, belligerent, contentious, contumacious, disaffected, disputatious, dissident, divisive, fighting, hostile, insubordinate, insurgent, litigious, malcontent, mutinous, partisan, quarrelsome, rebellious, refractory, rival, sectarian, seditious, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, insurrectionary, contending, estranged, troublemaking,

    Antonyms:

    agreeing, cooperating, peaceful, united, cooperative,

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