Faction
noun
A group within a larger group that has different ideas and opinions than the rest.
The political party is split into several factions.
Often appears as...
- political faction
- religious faction
noun
A group of people who are in disagreement with the majority.
The rebels formed a faction to oppose the king's rule.
Often appears as...
- rebel faction
- opposing faction
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Disapproving
noun
In literature, a faction is a mix of fact and fiction.
The book is a faction, combining real events with fictional characters.
Often appears as...
- historical faction
- literary faction
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Literary
noun
A group within a larger group that has different ideas and opinions than the rest.
The political party is split into several factions.
Often appears as...
- political faction
- religious faction
noun
A group of people who are in disagreement with the majority.
The rebels formed a faction to oppose the king's rule.
Often appears as...
- rebel faction
- opposing faction
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In literature, a faction is a mix of fact and fiction.
The book is a faction, combining real events with fictional characters.
Often appears as...
- historical faction
- literary faction
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Internal Conflicts
Faction often indicates a subgroup in conflict with the main group's ethos or decisions.
The party's environmental faction opposes the leader's stance on coal mining.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Interests
Factions usually form around shared beliefs or interests within a larger group.
The company's innovation faction is pushing for more research and development investment.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Tension
The word 'faction' can imply underlying tension or upcoming conflict within a group.
The board meeting was dominated by discussions between the two main factions.
Pro Tip 1/3Internal Conflicts
Faction often indicates a subgroup in conflict with the main group's ethos or decisions.
The party's environmental faction opposes the leader's stance on coal mining.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Interests
Factions usually form around shared beliefs or interests within a larger group.
The company's innovation faction is pushing for more research and development investment.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Tension
The word 'faction' can imply underlying tension or upcoming conflict within a group.
The board meeting was dominated by discussions between the two main factions.
Pro Tip 1/3Internal Conflicts
Faction often indicates a subgroup in conflict with the main group's ethos or decisions.
The party's environmental faction opposes the leader's stance on coal mining.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Interests
Factions usually form around shared beliefs or interests within a larger group.
The company's innovation faction is pushing for more research and development investment.
Pro Tip 3/3Potential Tension
The word 'faction' can imply underlying tension or upcoming conflict within a group.
The board meeting was dominated by discussions between the two main factions.
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How Syria's architecture...
because from it will largely depend whether we can make sure that this doesn't happen again. And that reason is architecture. Architecture in my country has played an important role in creating, directing and amplifying conflict between warring factions, and this is probably true for other countries as well.
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Why should you read...
All these factions have deep histories that pervade the text, and Herbert also incorporates that sense of scale into the book’s structure. Each chapter begins with a quote from a future history book, recalling elements of the events that are about to unfold. The book also contains in-universe appendices
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History vs. Henry VIII -...
who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.
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Why should you read...
The play strips society down to its basest desires, with each faction in hot pursuit of power- be it over the land, other people, or their own destiny. But Shakespeare knows that power is always a moving target; and as he reveals these characters’ dark histories,
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The rise of modern...
Second, it requires that society’s many factions seek common ground across those divisions. Finally, liberal democracies rely on the rule of law and the protection of minority rights, as specified in constitutions and legal statutes.
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Reclaiming Syria’s story...
international focus is only on the factions on the ground waging war and destruction conflict like the Syrian conflicts are not just your political events they are very deeply human events and when we only focus on borders and
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Michael Anti: Behind the...
centralized server structure to strengthen its power to counter the local government and the different factions. So, what's the future? After all, we are the mouse. Whatever the future is, we should fight against the.
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Prohibition: Banning...
in support of a particular political faction. Tens of thousands of illegal bars, known as "speakeasies," began serving alcohol. They ranged from dingy basement bars to elaborate dance-halls.
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Inside a Civil War Most...
peacekeepers arrived that the violence would finally died down three years later the original militias have split into 14 separate factions controlling different parts of the country but in
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Baboon Troops Clash Over...
more than a thousand baboons can overnight here and a rival faction is
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How Syria's architecture...
because from it will largely depend whether we can make sure that this doesn't happen again. And that reason is architecture. Architecture in my country has played an important role in creating, directing and amplifying conflict between warring factions, and this is probably true for other countries as well.
Video examples
Why should you read...
All these factions have deep histories that pervade the text, and Herbert also incorporates that sense of scale into the book’s structure. Each chapter begins with a quote from a future history book, recalling elements of the events that are about to unfold. The book also contains in-universe appendices
Video examples
History vs. Henry VIII -...
who allowed faction and intrigue to rule his court, concerned only with his own pleasure and grandiosity. That grandiosity was part of the king’s role as a model for his people. He was a learned scholar and musician who generously patronized the arts, as well as being an imposing warrior and sportsman.
Video examples
Why should you read...
The play strips society down to its basest desires, with each faction in hot pursuit of power- be it over the land, other people, or their own destiny. But Shakespeare knows that power is always a moving target; and as he reveals these characters’ dark histories,
Video examples
The rise of modern...
Second, it requires that society’s many factions seek common ground across those divisions. Finally, liberal democracies rely on the rule of law and the protection of minority rights, as specified in constitutions and legal statutes.
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Reclaiming Syria’s story...
international focus is only on the factions on the ground waging war and destruction conflict like the Syrian conflicts are not just your political events they are very deeply human events and when we only focus on borders and
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Michael Anti: Behind the...
centralized server structure to strengthen its power to counter the local government and the different factions. So, what's the future? After all, we are the mouse. Whatever the future is, we should fight against the.
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Prohibition: Banning...
in support of a particular political faction. Tens of thousands of illegal bars, known as "speakeasies," began serving alcohol. They ranged from dingy basement bars to elaborate dance-halls.
Video examples
Inside a Civil War Most...
peacekeepers arrived that the violence would finally died down three years later the original militias have split into 14 separate factions controlling different parts of the country but in
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Baboon Troops Clash Over...
more than a thousand baboons can overnight here and a rival faction is
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Kathleen Troia McFarland
American Businesswoman
We in the West think of peace as society's default position. War is a temporary state of affairs that happens when peace fails. For us, war is something that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. When it is over, win or lose, the warring factions lay down their arms and resume their normal lives.
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Patti Smith
American Musician
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.
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Yoshihide Suga
Japanese Politician
My job, as I've said, is to break down sectionalism, vested interests and a fixed mindset of merely following precedents, so that I'm not subjected to the harmful effects of factions.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Peter Hitchens
English Journalist
Female politicos mostly represent a rather militant faction.
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Bainbridge Colby
American Public Servant
We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.
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Tony Abbott
Australian Politician
There are no factions in the Liberal Party.
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Ernest Mandel
Belgian Author
Factions are a sign of illness in a party.
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Kathleen Troia McFarland
American Businesswoman
We in the West think of peace as society's default position. War is a temporary state of affairs that happens when peace fails. For us, war is something that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. When it is over, win or lose, the warring factions lay down their arms and resume their normal lives.
Quote examples
Patti Smith
American Musician
I don't think public life in and of itself can destroy you. I think it's the way people react to it, and some people are more sturdy than others... I don't think any one faction can be blamed for a person's self destruction - a certain amount of that has to be innate.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
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Cyril Ramaphosa
South African Politician
We must acknowledge that there are factions in our movements... We should not be telling lies to each other; we should tell the truth to each other with the view that there will be unity.
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Yoshihide Suga
Japanese Politician
My job, as I've said, is to break down sectionalism, vested interests and a fixed mindset of merely following precedents, so that I'm not subjected to the harmful effects of factions.
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P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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Peter Hitchens
English Journalist
Female politicos mostly represent a rather militant faction.
Quote examples
Bainbridge Colby
American Public Servant
We must stifle the voice of hatred and faction.
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Tony Abbott
Australian Politician
There are no factions in the Liberal Party.
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Ernest Mandel
Belgian Author
Factions are a sign of illness in a party.
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