factious
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He believed that “ambition must be made to counter ambition,” and he denounced “the oppression of factious majorities.”
From Slate • Aug. 7, 2024
“We call on all Nigerien democratic patriots to stand up as one to say no to this factious action that tends to set us back decades and block the progress of our country,” he said.
From Washington Times • Jul. 27, 2023
“In a country that’s highly factious, it the factor that unites everyone,” Mark Jones, who studies Latin American politics at Rice University in Houston, told The Associated Press.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2022
Control of the factious LDP would allow Kishida three years to execute his programme before another election.
From Reuters • Jul. 11, 2022
The people, worn-out with labours and privations of various kinds, and disgusted with the situation of the settlement, which was in a poor and unhealthy country, grew discontented and factious.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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