factiousness
Example Sentences
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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
Whatever stress may be laid upon this, we find it hard to vindicate Burke from the charge of factiousness.
From Burke by Morley, John
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
It may be remembered that all the governors of the period agreed in reprobating the factiousness and pettiness of Canadian party politics.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
Then, when their essential factiousness and self-seeking had become manifest to the world, he struck his blow.
From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.
