<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Given to faction; dissentious: "A factious group was trying to undermine the government."</li><li>Pertaining to or proceeding from faction: factious quarrels.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>Contentious</li><li>Mutinous</li><li>Disputatious</li><li>Divisive</li></ul>