factiousness
Example Sentences
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It is no innate factiousness, as flighty critics of French affairs sometimes imply, that has made civil equality the passion of modern France.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by Morley, John
It really seemed as if the deadly factiousness of the capital had not reached Therapia.
From The Prince of India — Volume 01 by Wallace, Lewis
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
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 speech is aimed at the self-will and factiousness of Achilles and his disloyalty to Agamemnon.
From The Art of Letters by Lynd, Robert
