Factious vs. Fissiparous

Factiousadjective

Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.

Factiousadjective

Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.

Factiousadjective

Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; - said of persons.

Factiousadjective

Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; - said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels.

Factiousadjective

dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)

Factiousadjective

relating or inclined to dissension

Fissiparousadjective

Factious, tending to break into pieces

Fissiparousadjective

Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").

Fissiparousadjective

(biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

Fissiparousadjective

Reproducing by spontaneous fission. See Fission.

Fissiparousadjective

reproducing by fission

Fissiparousadjective

having separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude;

Fissiparous

Fissiparous has a second meaning.tending to split according to the Oxford English Reference Dictionary. Publisher Oxford University Press.