"factious" meaning in English

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      "form": "more factious",
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        "Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions."
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          "roman": "razkolničeski",
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          "word": "Splitter-"
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          "roman": "raskolʹničeskij",
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
          "word": "sedicioso"
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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
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          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 230:",
          "text": "I heard that she left off powder, patches, and rouge, for a month when his third consort died, and he grew religious—whether out of grief or gratitude, I never heard; then she grew factious, for the sake of your own King, and thought to strew the way to the altar with straws instead of flowers. I applaud her spirit in fighting for a crown.",
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        "Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination."
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          "sense": "given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination",
          "word": "aufwieglerisch"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination",
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      "rhymes": "-ækʃəs"
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          "text": "I heard that she left off powder, patches, and rouge, for a month when his third consort died, and he grew religious—whether out of grief or gratitude, I never heard; then she grew factious, for the sake of your own King, and thought to strew the way to the altar with straws instead of flowers. I applaud her spirit in fighting for a crown.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razkolničeski",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
      "word": "разколнически"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
      "word": "Splitter-"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "raskolnički",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
      "word": "расколнички"
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      "roman": "raskolʹničeskij",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
      "word": "раскольнический"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
      "word": "sedicioso"
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or caused by factions",
      "word": "faccioso"
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      "sense": "given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination",
      "word": "aufwieglerisch"
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      "sense": "given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination",
      "word": "aufrührerisch"
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