fractiousness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *fractiousness*:
NOUN	attribute	fractiousness, unruliness, willfulness, wilfulness	the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline

fractiousness > pronunciation
Sounds	frae'kshahsnahs
Rhymes	abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs...

English > *fractiousness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline.
Synonyms	unruliness, willfulness, wilfulness
Narrower	contrariness, perversity, perverseness	Deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Narrower	wildness	An unruly disposition to do as one pleases
Broader	intractability, intractableness	The trait of being hard to influence or control
Spanish	voluntariedad, voluntarismo
Catalan	voluntarietat
Adjectives	fractious	stubbornly resistant to authority or control
Adjectives	fractious	easily irritated or annoyed

HyperDic: fractiousness