factiousness
Example Sentences
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To no class indeed could the selfishness, the corruption, the factiousness, and the administrative inefficiency of the ruling order be more utterly odious.
From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by Green, John Richard
The factiousness of one Opposition naturally produces the same in the next.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount
The speech is aimed at the self-will and factiousness of Achilles and his disloyalty to Agamemnon.
From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert
In the midst of what Jefferson called "the general factiousness," following the embargo, occurred a presidential election.
From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen
The distracting effect of Hearst's inconsistencies is intensified by his factiousness.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
