factiousness
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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 Bagehot, Walter
The distracting effect of Hearst's inconsistencies is intensified by his factiousness.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
