factiousness

9.9

A tendency to make members of a group argue and become divided

noun
/ˈfækʃənəs/

: faccionismo

But despite their military weakness and their political factiousness, the Palestinians hold the key to peace in the Middle East.

Examples

The team's factiousness led to heated debates that ultimately stalled their project.
Moreover, wherever they emerge, questions of historical representation and self-understanding in Germany seem to display the rhetorical quality and the interpretive factiousness that characterized the historians' quarrel.

Academic text (1993)
The committee's factiousness made it difficult to reach a consensus on the new policy.
The political party's internal factiousness resulted in a split that weakened their chances in the election.

Synonyms

conflict

vsfactiousness

397 2.3

A serious disagreement between people or groups over ideas

is the underlying quality that causes such disagreements within one group

disagreement

vsfactiousness

268 1.6

A situation when people do not have the same opinion

is the characteristic that causes such lack of agreement inside a group

divide

vsfactiousness

110 6.0

A strong disagreement between groups that causes tension

is the trait that brings about such splits within a single group

discord

vsfactiousness

26 5.6

Strong disagreement between people or groups

is the characteristic that makes harmony break inside a group

dissonance

vsfactiousness

23 7.8

A lack of agreement in what people say, do or think

is the quality that actively causes that lack inside a group

dissension

vsfactiousness

16 7.5

A disagreement and arguing between people who must work together

refers specifically to causing splits and disagreement within the same group

divisiveness

vsfactiousness

15 7.0

A quality that makes people strongly disagree and split into groups

focuses more on stirring internal disagreement and group breaking rather than open hostility

variance

vsfactiousness

4 6.3

A disagreement between people about beliefs or ideas

is the quality that leads to such disagreements within a single group

factionalism

vsfactiousness

2 8.8

Small groups inside a larger group compete and disagree, causing conflict

means causing intra-group disagreement but not necessarily forming rival subgroups

contentiousness

vsfactiousness

1 8.4

A habit of arguing and causing disagreement

is more about provoking group splits rather than just arguing tendency

discordance

vsfactiousness

1 8.1

A situation where people or groups disagree and feel tension

describes the source quality that brings about that lack of agreement

rifting

vsfactiousness

8.4

An action that causes a serious split between people or groups

is the ongoing quality that makes such splits or disagreements happen

confliction

vsfactiousness

7.5

A disagreement between ideas, people, or interests

is the tendency that produces such internal clashes rather than any clash itself

irreconcilability

vsfactiousness

9.0

A situation where two people or groups cannot agree even after trying

is the quality that causes disagreement but may allow later reconciliation

Antonyms

cohesion

21 4.8

The state of people or parts staying together and forming a whole

unity

6 3.1

The number one in maths

How Divisive

schism

18 8.7

factiousness

9.9

factionalism

2 8.8

dissent

Formal

73 6.6

disagreement

268 1.6

Surface Forms

factiousness singular

factiousnesses plural

Morphology

factiousness = factious (opaque) = fact + ious + ness

Formation of a noun from the adjective 'factious' with the regular suffix '-ness' is a standard and recognizable process.

Etymology

Factiousness comes from faction, a small group inside a larger one, and from an old root that means 'to make', as in factory, a place that makes things. So factiousness is the quality of making divisions or causing disagreement inside a group.