fractiousness

Questions about fractiousness

What does fractiousness mean?

fractiousness means "the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline".

How many syllables are in fractiousness?

fractiousness has 3 syllables: frac-tiou-sness. The stress falls on "frac". In IPA it is /ˈfɹækʃəsnəs/.

What is another word for fractiousness?

Close synonyms include unruliness, willfulness, wilfulness. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fractiousness a common word?

fractiousness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.