Associations to the word «Factious»

Wiktionary

FACTIOUS, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
FACTIOUS, adjective. Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.

Dictionary definition

FACTIOUS, adjective. Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne