factious
pronunciation
How to pronounce factious in British English:
UK ['fækʃəs]
How to pronounce factious in American English:
US ['fækʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
Word Origin
- factious (adj.)
- "given to faction, turbulently partisan, dissentious," 1530s, from Middle French factieux and directly from Latin factiosus "partisan, seditious, inclined to form parties," from factionem "political party" (see faction (n.1)). Related: Factiously; factiousness.
Example
- 1. Be factious so you partner never knows when you are being serious !
- 2. Fabvier was factious ; bavoux was revolutionary .
- 3. Previously factious interest groups will have to hammer out an agreement on how to pay .
- 4. Men of factious tempers , of local prejudices , or of sinister designs , may by intrigue , by corruption or by other means , first obtain the suffrages , and then betray the interests of the people .