factiousness
Example Sentences
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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
The distracting effect of Hearst's inconsistencies is intensified by his factiousness.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
But with your own idea that under a single general there will be less factiousness than when there were many, be assured that in choosing some other than me you will not find me factious.
From Anabasis by Dakyns, Henry Graham
Whatever stress may be laid upon this, we find it hard to vindicate Burke from the charge of factiousness.
From Burke by Morley, John
The Assembly continued, notwithstanding the war exigencies of the times, in their factiousness, as their persistence in some measures was considered.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
