10
factious
8
discordant(adjective, disaffected, dissenting, sectarian, factional)
8
dissentious
6
conflicting(adjective, hostile, sectarian, warring, schismatic)
5
litigious(adjective, hostile, conflicting, contentious, provocative)
5
quarrelsome(adjective, hostile, conflicting, sectarian, warring)
3
disputatious(adjective, hostile, conflicting, contentious, provocative)
3
bickering
2
belligerent(adjective, hostile, conflicting, sectarian, warring)
2
disruptive(adjective, dissenting)
2
at odds(adjective, dissenting, factional, freethinking)
2
contentious(adjective, hostile, conflicting, provocative, debated)
2
divided
2
divisional
2
partisan(adjective, hostile, conflicting, disaffected, dissenting)
2
seditious(adjective, hostile, conflicting, sectarian, warring)
1
schismatic(adjective, disaffected, dissenting, sectarian, factional)
1
shrewish
1
dissident(adjective, hostile, conflicting, disaffected, dissenting)
1
dividing
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