
[French, from Latin factiō, factiōn-, from factus, past participle of facere, to do.]
factional fac'tion·al adj.
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noun
Definition: conflict, strife
Antonyms: agreement, conformity, peace, unity
n
Definition: group sharing a belief or cause
Antonyms: entirety, total, whole
Generally, any political grouping the writer disapproves of. Thus, Madison, in the two most famous numbers of Federalist, nos. 10 and 51, wished to design a set of institutions for the USA that would combat faction, and stipulated that ‘Ambition must be made to counteract ambition’ (no. 51). The extended republic of the United States would minimize the ill effects of faction because ‘A rage for paper money, for an abolition of debts, for an equal division of property, or for any other improper or wicked project, will be less apt to pervade the whole body of the Union than a particular member of it’ (no. 10). More specifically, an organized group within a political party, especially in a country where they have semi-permanent existence, such as Japan or Italy.
faction, a short‐lived portmanteau word denoting works that present verifiably factual contents in the form of a fictional novel, as in Norman Mailer's The Armies of the Night (1968). Although still sometimes used by journalists, the term suffers from the disadvantage of already meaning something else (i.e. a conspiratorial group within a divided organization).
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.”
The degree of factional conflict in student government that year was higher than usual.
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - lille gruppe, klike, parti, kværulantisk gruppe
2.
n. - klikevæsen, splittelse, kævleri, strid, partiånd
Nederlands (Dutch)
factie, groepsgeest (m.n. tijdens tweedracht), egoïstische groep
Français (French)
1.
n. - faction, dissension
2.
n. - docudrame
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Fraktion, Parteigeist, Uneinigkeit
2.
n. - Fiktion
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φατρία, κλίκα, παράταξη, (μτφ.) διχόνοια, φαγωμάρα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - facção (f)
Русский (Russian)
фракция, клика, документальный роман
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - facción, bando, parcialidad
2.
n. - ficción
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fraktion, partikäbbel, sammandraget ord av fact o. fiction, dramadokumentär
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 写实小说
2. 派别, 宗派, 派系之争, 内讧, 小集团
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 寫實小說
2.
n. - 派別, 宗派, 派系之爭, 內訌, 小集團
2.
n. - 파벌다툼
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 派閥, 派閥争い, 内紛, 党中の党, 党派, 党派心
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) زمرة , فصيل , حزب
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - סיעה, פלג
n. - חילוקי דעות
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