factiousness
Example Sentences
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It really seemed as if the deadly factiousness of the capital had not reached Therapia.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Lewis Wallace
The intervention of an extrinsic, impartial, and capable authority—if such can be found—will undoubtedly restrain the covetousness as well as the factiousness of a choosing assembly.
From The English Constitution by Walter Bagehot
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 Henry Graham Dakyns
The masses of the people, staggered by all this bewildering turmoil and impure factiousness, are nevertheless, stubbornly determined to persevere and to succeed in saving their country.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
But the very system which is most calculated to foster factiousness is the one which has reigned for centuries in Dublin Castle.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
