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| 1. | a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like: a faction in favor of big business. |
| 2. | party strife and intrigue; dissension: an era of faction and treason. |
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Audio Help [fak-shuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun Informal.
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a novel, film, play, or other presentation in this form. |
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[French, from Latin factiō, factiōn-, from factus, past participle of facere, to do; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] fac'tion·al adj., fac'tion·al·ism n., fac'tion·al·ly adv. |
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[Blend of fact and fiction.] |
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faction
1509, from L. factionem (nom. factio) "political party, class of persons," lit. "a making or doing," from facere "to do" (see factitious). In ancient Rome, "one of the companies of contractors for the chariot races in the circus."
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| 1. | a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: cabal] |
| 2. | a dissenting clique |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
faction [ˈfӕkʃən] noun
a group or party that belongs to, and usually dissents from, a larger group
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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.”
[Chapter:] World Politics
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Faction
Ca*bal"\ (k[.a]*b[a^]l"), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb[=a]l[=e]h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q[=a]bal to take or receive, in Pi["e]l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).]1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala [Obs.] --Hakewill. 2. A secret. [Obs.] "The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately." --B. Jonson. 3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto. Note: It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. --Macaulay. 4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue. By cursed cabals of women. --Dryden. Syn: Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. Usage: Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to obtain office and power. A faction is a larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things. "Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to combinations, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish purposes". --Crabb.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
faction
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