factiousnessn.
/ˈfakʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈfækʃəsnəs/ The quality or state of being factious; a disposition to form factions, or to act in the interest of a faction.
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society > society and the community > social relations > party or faction > [noun] > partisanship or factionalism
partiality1520
partaking1533
factiona1538
factiousness1572
siding1600
side-taking1626
parting1652
partying1681
party spirit1705
party1726
party feeling1796
partyism1831
partisanship1834
factionism1848
partisanism1850
factionalism1855
partisanry1889
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > sedition > [noun] > disposition to
factiousness1572
seditiousness1583
1572 J. Whitgift Answere to Admon. 69 Some, which despising their Metropolitane or Archebyshop, did with their factiousnesse trouble the Churche.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. v. sig. D3v A Gentleman..friendly, without factiousnes.
1679 J. Kid in Last Speeches Two Ministers (1680) 22 I Have also been branded with factiousness.
a1710 G. Bull Serm. (1713) i. 273 Not to add to our Load..by your wayward Factiousness.
1778 J. Murray Impartial Hist. Present War Amer. I. 154 To charge all people with the crime of factiousness, that oppose their measures.
1812 G. Chalmers Hist. View Domest. Econ. Great Brit. & Ireland 428 Whatever might be the factiousness, or imbecility of statesmen, on either side the Irish Channel.
1884 Manch. Examiner 28 Oct. 5/7 The Opposition at question time displayed more than its usual factiousness.
1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxv. 390 No leader can indulge factiousness save at his peril.
2007 Jrnl. Public Policy 27 367 The factiousness of political parties contributed to unstable government.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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