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faction
1[ fak-shuhn ]
noun
- a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like, typically having different opinions and interests than the larger group:
a faction in favor of big business; rival factions within the company.
- party strife and intrigue; dissension:
an era of faction and treason.
Synonyms: friction, split, schism, disagreement, discord
faction
2[ fak-shuhn ]
noun
- a form of writing or filmmaking that treats real people or events as if they were fictional or uses them as an integral part of a fictional account.
- a novel, film, play, or other presentation in this form.
faction
1/ ˈfækʃən /
noun
- a group of people forming a minority within a larger body, esp a dissentious group
- strife or dissension within a group
faction
2/ ˈfækʃən /
noun
- a television programme, film, or literary work comprising a dramatized presentation of actual events
faction
- A group formed to seek some goal within a political party or a government. The term suggests quarrelsome dissent from the course pursued by the party or government majority: “His administration is moderate, but it contains a faction of extremists.”
Derived Forms
- ˈfactionalist, noun
- ˈfactionalˌism, noun
- ˈfactional, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of faction1
Word History and Origins
Origin of faction1
Origin of faction2
Example Sentences
Under former President Barack Obama, she called for escalating the U.S. war on terror, accusing the president of failing to target extremist rebel factions in Syria.
Disagreements between the self-fashioned libertarians, neoconservatives and nationalists previewed the factions vying for power within the Republican Party, factions which stand to come to the forefront in his next term.
Amnesty has urged all countries to stop directly and indirectly supplying arms to Sudan’s fighting factions.
Her administration recently deployed hundreds of troops to Sinaloa, in northern Mexico, where a war between rival factions of the state’s namesake cartel is raging.
One GOP insider that the BBC ran into in the corridors said the transition was “a free for all”, as different factions of the party battle for dominance.
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