factious
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
Word origin: From Latin factio, a party or faction.
Factious in a sentence
Here are example sentences showing factious in a sentence.
The party grew so factious that it could no longer agree on a single candidate.
The factious assembly splintered into rival camps before a single measure could be passed.
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The new intern was so blank that she completed in two days a backlog her predecessor had let pile up for weeks.
Using “factious” well
Factious means prone to creating factions and internal strife. Take care to distinguish it from factitious, meaning artificial, and fractious, meaning irritable; all three are easily confused.
More GRE words starting with F
to make up something false in order to deceive
a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead
a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories
treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor
achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow
to make an action or process easier or more achievable
a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
artificially produced or contrived rather than genuine or natural
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