factional
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faction1 (ˈfækʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a group of people forming a minority within a larger body, esp a dissentious group |
| 2. | strife or dissension within a group |
| [C16: from Latin factiō a making, from facere to make, do] | |
| 'factional1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'factionalism1 | |
| —n | |
| 'factionalist1 | |
| —n | |
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Factional
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Example sentences
The country's politicians of all parties must put their factional quarrels to one side and, for once, rally round.
But whatever may have been unrealistic or factional about these efforts, even more of what the project created was impressive.
In the following decades, his heirs neglected issues of national administration and engaged in factional power struggles.
It represents a degree of chaos in the regime rather than easily defined factional battles.
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