factiously
In partisan manner
In a manner that promotes faction or dissent within a group.
Someone acting factiously stirs up division rather than seeking unity: The senator factiously opposed the bill to score points with his base.
The word implies deliberate troublemaking or partisan maneuvering that prioritizes internal conflict over collective purpose.
Inclined to dispute
- disputatiousFond of arguing
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- argumentativeInclined to dispute
contrarian · polemical · pugnacious · bellicose · discordant · wrangling · dissension · strife
Separation into opposing extremes
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- discordLack of agreement
- splitSeparation into parts
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
disunion · dissent · rift · cleavage · sectarianism · tribalism · fracture · alienation
Tending to provoke outrage
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- rabble-rousingInciting mob sentiment
- agitatingDisturbing or stirring up
- stirringArousing strong emotion
seditious · instigating · fomenting · troublemaking · subversive · destabilizing · disruptive · mutinous
Biased toward one side
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- politickingSeeking support through persuasion
maneuvering · intriguing · conspiring · plotting · cabal · clique · caucus · bloc
quarrelsome
Inclined to dispute
- disputatiousFond of arguing
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- combativeInclined toward conflict
argumentative · contrarian · polemical · pugnacious · bellicose · discordant · wrangling · dissension · strife · contention
polarization
Separation into opposing extremes
partisanship · disunion · dissent · rift · cleavage · sectarianism · tribalism · fracture · alienation · estrangement
inflammatory
Tending to provoke outrage
- incendiaryCausing or designed for burning
- rabble-rousingInciting mob sentiment
- agitatingDisturbing or stirring up
stirring · seditious · instigating · fomenting · troublemaking · subversive · destabilizing · disruptive · mutinous · rebellious
partisan
Biased toward one side
- machinationCrafty scheming, often hostile
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
politicking · maneuvering · intriguing · conspiring · plotting · cabal · clique · caucus · bloc · coterie
factiouslyharmoniously
In pleasing agreement
unitedly · cooperatively · unanimously · collaboratively · in unison