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factious \FAK-shuhs\, adjective:
1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; — said of persons.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; — said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.

Example Sentence:  Many nobles sought good government, rather than being factious, and were only forced into war by the king’s incompetence.
– “Cade’s Rebellion, History of United Kingdom,”, Encyclopedia Britannica

Origin:  Factious derives from Latin factiosus, from factio, a party, a group of people, especially a political party, faction, or side.