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faction
  1. A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
  2. Strife; discord.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “At times, monks might have warmer relationships with members of a seemingly opposing school than with the members of an opposing faction of their own school.”
      “What leads us into faction is passion, which is the ability of feeling to overwhelm thought, and interest, which is the ability of need and desire to overwhelm thought.”
      “Take the business of this newspaper, the rag that backed the rebel faction, and that was closed down for 60 days last month.”
factioneer
  1. A proponent of a faction.
  2. One who aggressively pushes a cause.
factionalism
  1. The splitting of a group into factions.
  2. Conflict between factions.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Can't they see the damage their petty-minded factionalism does to the institution they supposedly dedicated their political lives to creating?”
      “For another, building a party with only people who share your opinions to the nth degree is a certain recipe for factionalism and isolation.”
      “In our judgement the power struggle within the TFG has ended with its devolution into factionalism.”
faction
  1. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At times, monks might have warmer relationships with members of a seemingly opposing school than with the members of an opposing faction of their own school.”
      “What leads us into faction is passion, which is the ability of feeling to overwhelm thought, and interest, which is the ability of need and desire to overwhelm thought.”
      “Take the business of this newspaper, the rag that backed the rebel faction, and that was closed down for 60 days last month.”
factionalization
  1. The formation of factions, often through conflict.
factionalist
  1. A supporter of a faction.
factionalizer
  1. One who factionalizes.
factiousness
  1. The state of being factious.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If he cannot effect the destruction of that church by factiousness, he furiously persecutes it.”
      “Only the most deplorable ignorance and factiousness could base a pretence of dogmatic difference on such a foundation.”
      “The distracting effect of Hearst's inconsistencies is intensified by his factiousness.”
factioner
  1. A member of a faction.
factionalizations
  1. plural of factionalization
factionalizers
  1. plural of factionalizer
factionalists
  1. plural of factionalist
factionalisms
factiousnesses
factioneers
  1. plural of factioneer
factioners
  1. plural of factioner
factions
  1. plural of faction
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Step one would be to pour cold water on the warring factions and keep such analysis in-house.”
      “It needed the combined effort of several team officials who raced onto the field to separate the warring factions.”
      “On three sides 12-metre high walls form a barrier between the two factions.”
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