fractiousness
a tendency toward irritability and quarrelsome behavior
Word origin: From Latin frangere, to break.
Fractiousness in a sentence
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The committee's fractiousness made even routine decisions an ordeal.
The committee's chronic fractiousness made it impossible to reach consensus on even minor procedural matters.
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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “fractiousness” well
Fractiousness is the noun for a disposition toward irritability and quarreling, whether in a person or a group. It names the quality of being unruly and hard to manage.
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