Flippant
Flippant adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.
Factious and flippant are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Factious" with "Flippant", this adjectives are similar.
Nearby Words: flippancy, flippantly
Factious
Factious adjective - Dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion).
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Flippant and factious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flippant" instead an adjective "Factious".
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