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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs factionalize and factionalise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

factious
  1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
  2. Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. divided, split, argumentative, disagreeing, dissenting, tumultuous, conflicting, contentious, discordant, disputatious, dissident, insurrectionary, mutinous, quarrelsome, rebellious, schismatic, sectarian, seditious, turbulent, warring, alienated, belligerent, contending, contumacious, disaffected, divisive, estranged, fighting, hostile, insubordinate, insurgent, litigious, malcontent, partisan, refractory, rival, troublemaking, clashing, quarreling, quarrelling, at loggerheads, at odds, at variance, rebel, subversive, revolutionary, insurrectionist, rioting, radical, renegade … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Would President Lincoln have been able or willing to defend the sovereignty of these factious and slaveholding tribes?”
      “Royal authority had been brought to a low ebb by Mary, and during James's minority the factious nobility lived in a state of civil war.”
      “A new government in which the dominant figure was Peter des Roches, bishop of Winchester, proved too factious to last.”
factionary
  1. (obsolete) Belonging to a faction; partisan; taking sides.
factionless
  1. Without factions; not divided into factions.
factional
  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of factions.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. partisan, dissident, dissenting, contentious, sectarian, warring, separatist, conflicting, divisive, rebellious, rival, turbulent, schismatic, litigious, malcontent, mutinous, seditious, tumultuous, disputatious, insurrectionary, refractory, troublemaking, discordant, disaffected, denominational, clannish, cliquish, splinter, sectional, factious, split, divided, argumentative, disagreeing, quarrelsome, belligerent, hostile, fighting, alienated, contumacious, estranged, insubordinate, contending, insurgent, clashing, quarrelling, at variance, at loggerheads, at odds, quarreling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The factional differences within the political party became evident when dissenting members started advocating for alternative policies.”
      “The director's factional approach to storytelling in the political drama emphasized the complex internal divisions within the party.”
      “In the final analysis, the factional differences no matter how bitter are purely tactical.”
factionalized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of factionalize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. broke up, broken up, divided, triangulated, broke, brake, broken, disunited, splintered, dichotomized, separated, split, dispersed, dissolved, alienated, decoupled, disaffected, disbanded, disgruntled, estranged, split up, drove apart, driven apart, caused dissent, drove a wedge between, driven a wedge between, caused a rift, caused disagreement between, pitted against one another, put at odds, setted against one another, sowed dissension, sown dissension, sowed dissension between, sown dissension between, set at odds, set against, come between, setted at variance, stirred the pot, set apart, caused to disagree, caused disagreement, caused disagreement among, pitted against, came between, parted, diverged, disconnected, divorced … more
factionalizing
  1. present participle of factionalize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. breaking up, dividing, triangulating, breaking, disuniting, splintering, dichotomizing, separating, splitting, dispersing, dissolving, alienating, decoupling, disaffecting, disbanding, disgruntling, estranging, splitting up, driving apart, causing dissent, driving a wedge between, causing a rift, causing disagreement between, pitting against one another, putting at odds, setting against one another, sowing dissension, sowing dissension between, setting at variance, setting against, coming between, setting at odds, sowing dissension among, causing disagreement, pitting against, stirring the pot, causing to disagree, causing disagreement among, sowing disaccord, antagonizing, distancing, pulling apart, antagonising, setting apart, tearing asunder, polarising, polarizing, schismatizing … more
factionalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of factionalise
factionalising
  1. present participle of factionalise
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