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But the - look, I think that this - the United States of America is still the most powerful economy in the world. It is an incredible engine for creativity and innovation. And it has the most - smartest, most effective workforce in the world. So we have a lot going for us, in spite of the fractiousness of our politics.
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Meaning of "fractiousness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRACTIOUSNESS

fractiousness  [ˈfrækʃəsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRACTIOUSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fractiousness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRACTIOUSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pet peeve

A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to themselves, to a greater degree than others may find it.

Definition of fractiousness in the English dictionary

The definition of fractiousness in the dictionary is irritability. Other definition of fractiousness is unruliness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRACTIOUSNESS


auspiciousness
ɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
capriciousness
kəˈprɪʃəsnəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
deliciousness
dɪˈlɪʃəsnəs
expeditiousness
ˌekspɪˈdɪʃəsnəs
factiousness
ˈfækʃəsnəs
flirtatiousness
flɜːˈteɪʃəsnəs
inauspiciousness
ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəsnəs
innoxiousness
ɪnˈɒkʃəsnəs
lusciousness
ˈlʌʃəsnəs
maliciousness
məˈlɪʃəsnəs
noxiousness
ˈnɒkʃəsnəs
obnoxiousness
əbˈnɒkʃəsnəs
perspicaciousness
ˌpɜːspɪˈkeɪʃəsnəs
preciousness
ˈprɛʃəsnəs
rambunctiousness
ræmˈbʌŋkʃəsnəs
repetitiousness
ˌrepɪˈtɪʃəsnəs
scrumptiousness
ˈskrʌmpʃəsnəs
self-consciousness
ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəsnəs
subconsciousness
sʌbˈkɒnʃəsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRACTIOUSNESS

fractional currency
fractional distillation
fractional note
fractionalise
fractionalism
fractionalist
fractionally
fractionary
fractionate
fractionating column
fractionation
fractionator
fractionisation
fractionise
fractionization
fractionize
fractionlet
fractious
fractiously
fractocumuli

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRACTIOUSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of fractiousness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fractiousness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRACTIOUSNESS

Find out the translation of fractiousness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fractiousness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fractiousness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

fractiousness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fractiousness
570 millions of speakers

English

fractiousness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनियंत्रण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المشاحنات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

fractiousness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fractiousness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fractiousness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hargneux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fractiousness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reizbarkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fractiousness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fractiousness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fractiousness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fractiousness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fractiousness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्थिरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

serkeşlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fractiousness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieposłuszeństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

fractiousness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fractiousness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fractiousness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdeeldheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fraktsedel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fractiousness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fractiousness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRACTIOUSNESS»

The term «fractiousness» is used very little and occupies the 169.709 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRACTIOUSNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fractiousness

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QUOTES WITH «FRACTIOUSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fractiousness.
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Jay Carney
But the - look, I think that this - the United States of America is still the most powerful economy in the world. It is an incredible engine for creativity and innovation. And it has the most - smartest, most effective workforce in the world. So we have a lot going for us, in spite of the fractiousness of our politics.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRACTIOUSNESS»

Discover the use of fractiousness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fractiousness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Perfect Vehicle: What It Is About Motorcycles
"This book, a polished, winding meditation on the theory and fractiousness of motorcycles, celebrates both their eccentric history and the wary pleasures of touring."—The New Yorker In a book that is "a must for anyone who has loved a ...
Melissa Holbrook Pierson, 2011
2
Checklist for Change: Making American Higher Education a ...
A. Troublesome. Fractiousness. Five years after the Spellings Commission issued its final report, American higher education could be forgiven for asking, “ What happened?” Public colleges and universities have a right to feel particularly put ...
Robert Zemsky, 2013
3
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: Research and Practice in ...
The parents had tried both attempting to regulate feeding by 'demand' approaches, and ignoring fractiousness – but were always defeated by the child's persistence. The child had been examined by a paediatrician, and the Health Visitor had ...
Brian Sheldon, 2011
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The Defining Decade: Identity, Politics, and the Canadian ...
But for many committed and community-active Jews, fractiousness seemed a Jewish way of life. And fractiousness was seldom hard to find. Even as Jewish leaders preached unity of purpose, translated by some to mean 'Don't rock the ...
Harold Martin Troper, 2010
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The Human Sciences: Their Contribution to Society and Future ...
The other unhelpful aspect, the fractiousness of the human sciences community and its reluctance to defend its funding council, SSHRC, is more serious. In contrast, natural scientists and engineers repeatedly have taken spirited and united ...
Baha Abu-Laban, Brendan Gail Rule, 1988
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Shifting Ground: Knowledge and Reality, Transgression and ...
... the correctness of our judgments is not simply a matter of community agreement, which is surely in any event an odd way of thinking about the practices of creatures whose forms of life are so many of them characterized by fractiousness and, ...
Naomi Scheman, 2011
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The Time of Your Visitation
Where is the fractiousness usual in places such as this? Are the older children always so willing to help the younger?” Bessie says, “It is true. They always voluntarily help. Extraordinarily especially willing. Some of them before they were  ...
Edith J. Nelson, 2011
8
None is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948
But for many committed and community-active Jews, fractiousness seemed a Jewish way of life. And fractiousness was seldom hard to find. Even as Jewish leaders preached unity of purpose, translated by some to mean 'Don't rock the ...
Irving Abella, Harold Troper, 2012
9
The other Carl Sandburg
In mid-August he filed a story on the Socialist party convention that was to be held in Chicago in which he reported on party fractiousness; a great number of members were seceding and forming Bolshevik organizations and the old party was ...
Philip Yannella
10
The Pace of Modernity: Reading with Blumenberg
Locating this in what he (wrongly) takes to be the first artistic self-portrait,268 Ashbery traces this fractiousness back to the roots of self-reflection in a way which. 265. Ashbery, Self-Portrait, 68. 266. ibid. 267. Compare Larry Rivers' fine Poem ...
O. Bradley Bassler, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRACTIOUSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fractiousness is used in the context of the following news items.
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Atticus Finch has dark side in Harper Lee's sequel to Mockingbird
It's unmerciful to both Atticus and to Jean Louise, whose childish fractiousness has calcified into a rigid judgmentalism closer to her ... «Sentinel Republic, Jul 15»
2
'Go Set a Watchman' Review: Atticus Finch's Racism Makes Us …
Go Set a Watchman is also a song of experience. It's unmerciful to both Atticus and to Jean Louise, whose childish fractiousness has calcified ... «TIME, Jul 15»
3
Af, Taliban warm up to peace talks led by Pak
... infighting seen in any large organisation, and said that Western officials did not consider it a sign of fractiousness within the insurgency. «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
4
Lesotho's quasi-democracy
While the fractiousness among the politicians continued and coalition governments came and went, the Lesotho army increasingly became a defining factor in ... «The New Age Online, Jul 15»
5
Afghan and Taliban officials hold peace talks in Pakistan
... infighting seen in any large organization, and said that Western officials did not consider it a sign of fractiousness within the insurgency. «Examiner.com, Jul 15»
6
Afghan Officials and Taliban Meet in Possible Step Toward Peace …
... Qatar to bureaucratic infighting seen in any large organization, and said that Western officials did not consider it a sign of fractiousness within ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
Eurozone leaders make plans to pull back from the brink
... aid it desperately needed, the attitude among both finance ministers and leaders had changed from the fractiousness of the past few weeks. «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
8
British Grand Prix 2015: Lewis Hamilton lauds the crowds, and …
Hamilton heralds his triumphs with gusto and his disappointments with a sullen fractiousness. Such, perhaps, is his natural deportment as a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Organizational Friction and the Team of Teams Approach in …
A final note: The organizational friction that characterized much of the U.S.-led effort reflected Afghanistan's own fractiousness. The irony was ... «War on the Rocks, Jul 15»
10
Greece crisis: a failure of economics in the face of politics
The IMF's report yesterday got swamped amid the gloom, despondency and fractiousness of the Greek crisis. It said, in short, Greece's debt has ... «Channel 4 News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Fractiousness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fractiousness>. May 2024 ».
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